Baki Billa Gazi @ Billu vs. The State Of West Bengal

ITEM NO.301

COURT NO.3

SECTION II-C

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS

Petition(s) for Special Leave to Appeal (Crl.) No(s).8164-8166/2021

FArising out of impugned final judgment and order dated 03-11-2020 in CRLREVP No.1219/2019, 03-11-2020 in CRLREVP No.1220/2019, 03-11-2020 in CRLREVP No.1222/2019 passed by the High Court of Delhi at New Delhi]

MOHD. ARBAZ & ORS.

Petitioner(s)

VERSUS

STATE OF NCT OF DELHI

Respondent $(s)$

WITH

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(FOR ADMISSION and I.R. and IA No.234690/2023-CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING and IA No.234689/2023-EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT) SLP(Crl) No. 4333/2024 (II-C) SLP(Crl) No. 3629/2024 (II-C) SLP(Crl) No. 3446/2024 (II-C) SLP(Crl) No. 11192/2024 (II-B) (IA No. 183814/2024 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT, IA No. 183815/2024 - PERMISSION TO FILE LENGTHY LIST OF DATES) SLP(Crl) No. 10939/2024 (II-C) (IA No.178921/2024-EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT) SLP(Crl) No. 12542/2024 (II-C) Date : 13-11-2024 These petitions were called on for hearing today. CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SURYA KANT HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SUDHANSHU DHULIA HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE UJJAL BHUYAN For Petitioner(s) Mr. Balaji Srinivasan, AOR Mr. Yadav Narender Singh, AOR Mr. Somesh Chandra Jha, AOR Mr. Amartya Ashish Sharan, Adv. Mr. Akash Kishore, Adv. Mr. Animesh Rajoriya, Adv. Mr. Shivam Singh, Adv. Mr. Vikram Hegde, AOR Mr. Chitwan Sharma, Adv. Mr. Ashutosh Yadav, Adv. Mr. Raghav Gupta, Adv. Mr. Anas Tanwir, AOR Mr. Ebad Ur Rahman, Adv. Mr. Masoom Raj Singh, Adv. Mr. Mohammad Asif Abbas, Adv. Mr. Zainab Shaikh, Adv. Mr. Jayant Kothari, Sr. Adv. Mr. Anas Tanwir, AOR Mr. Ebad Ur Rahman, Adv. Mr. Masoom Raj Singh, Adv.

Mr. Zainab Shaikh, Adv. Mr. Mohammad Asif Abbas, Adv. Mr. Rudra Chatterjee, Adv. Mr. Anas Tanwir, AOR Mr. Ebad Ur Rahman, Adv. Mr. Masoom Raj Singh, Adv. Mr. Zainab Shaikh, Adv. Mr. Mohammad Asif Abbas, Adv Mr. Pankaj Pandey, Adv. Ms. Megha Karnwal, AOR Mr. Lalit Rajpoot, Adv. Mr. Ajay Pal, AOR Ms. Ashima Mandla, AOR Ms. Mandakini Singh, Adv. Mr. Vipul Pathak, Adv. Mr. Nishant Singh, AOR Mr. Vikas Sharma, Adv. Mr. Vikram Hegde, Adv. Ms. Devanshi Sharma, Adv. Mr. Sandeep Sharma, Adv. Mr. Anil Kumar, AOR Mr. Bhanwar Pal Singh Jadon, D.A.G. Mr. Harsh Vardhan Singh Rajawat, Adv. Mr. Chetan Jadon, Adv. Ms. Hemlata Singh Rathore, Adv. Mr. Samar Vijay Singh, AOR Dr. Vps Jadon, Adv. Ms. Sabarni Som, Adv. Mr. Fateh Singh, Adv. Ms. Kanika, Adv. Mrs. Tanuj Bagga Sharma, AOR Dr. M.K. Ravi, Adv. Mr. Denson Joseph, Adv. Mr. Manoj Kumar Khanna, Adv. Mr. Akshay Bhandari, Adv. Mr. Kushal Kumar, Adv. Ms. Megha S., Adv. Mr. Anmol Sachdeva, Adv. Mr. Janak Raj Anbar, Adv. Mr. Ashish Batra, AOR Mr. Sriram P., AOR

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Mr. Harshit Sethi, Adv. Mr. Rahil Mahajan, Adv. Mr. Nikhil Jain, AOR Ms. Divya Jain, Adv. Mr. Aabhas Kshetarpal, Adv. Mr. Dhiliban Varadarajan, Adv. Mr. Siddhartha Jha, AOR Mr. Hiren Dasan, AOR Mr. Krishnendu Bhattacharya, Adv. Ms. Shivani M. Lal, Adv. Mr. Amolak Singh, Adv. Mr. Deepanshu Rana, Adv. Ms. Anzu. K. Varkey, AOR Ms. Ashima Mandla, Adv. Ms. Mandakini Singh, Adv. Mr. Vipul Pathak, Adv. Ms. Ankita Chaudhary, AOR Mr. Anil Kumar Verma, AOR Mr. Mukesh Kumar Verma, Adv. Ms. Priyanka, Adv. Mr. Kundan Kumar, Adv. Ms. Baby Rajput, Adv. Mr. Ajay Agarwal, Adv. Mr. Ashwani Kumar Sharma, Adv. Mr. Meghraj Singh, Adv. Mr. Ajay Kumar Saini, Adv. Mr. Ashutosh, Adv. Mr. Ayush Tomar, Adv. Mr. R.a. Worso Zimik, Adv. Mr. Dhiraj Abraham Philip, AOR Mr. Febin M. Varghese, Adv. Ms. Achalika Ahuja, Adv. Mr. Tripurari Ray, Adv. Mr. Balwant Singh Billowria, Adv. Mr. M S Khan, Adv. Ms. Qausar Khan, Adv. Mr. Anirudh Ray, Adv. Ms. Shilpa Singh, AOR For Respondent(s) Ms. Swati Ghildiyal, AOR Ms. Devyani Bhatt, Adv. Mr. Vikramjeet Banerjee, A.S.G. Mrs. Aishwarya Bhati, A.S.G. Ms. Swarupama Chaturvedi, Sr. Adv.

Ms. Indira Bhakar, Adv. Mr. Mukesh Kumar Maroria, AOR Mr. S N Terdal, Adv. Ms. Sansriti Pathak, Adv. Mr. Merusagar Samantary, Adv. Mrs. Vanshaja Shukla, Adv. Ms. Megha Karanwal, Adv. Mr. Ritwiz Rishabh, Adv. Mr. Chitransh Sharma, Adv. Mr. Prashant Rawat, Adv. Mr. Anmol Chandan, Adv. Mr. Parantap Singh, Adv. Mr. Harish Pandey, Adv. Mr. Annam Venkatesh, Adv. Mr. Rajat Nair, Adv. Mr. Ayush Anand, Adv. Mr. Kamal Kishore, Adv. Mr. Arunabh Chowdhury, Sr. Adv. (A.A.G.) Mr. Pragya Baghel, Adv. Ms. Tulika Mukherjee, AOR Ms. Anju Thomas, Adv. Ms. Astha Sharma, AOR Ms. Mantika Haryani, Adv. Mr. Bhanu Mishra, Adv. Mr. Vikramjeet Banerjee, A.S.G. Mrs. Aishwarya Bhati, A.S.G. Mrs. Sairica S Raju, Adv. Mr. Alabhya Dhamija, Adv. Mr. Anmol Chandan, Adv. Mr. Prashant Rawat, Adv. Mrs. Swarupama Chaturvedi, Adv. Ms. Shivika Mehra, Adv. Mr. Prasanjeet Mohapatra, Adv. Mr. Ritwiz Rishabh, Adv. Ms. Ameyavikrama Thanvi, Adv. Mr. Rajan Kumar Chourasia, Adv. Mr. Sarthak Karol, Adv. Mr. Arvind Kumar Sharma, AOR Mr. Ayush Anand, Adv. Mr. Shiv Mangal Sharma, A.A.G. Mr. Amogh Bansal, Adv. Ms. Nidhi Jaswal, AOR Ms. Nandini Sen Mukherjee, AOR Mr. Nishe Rajen Shonker, AOR Mrs. Anu K Joy, Adv. Mr. Alim Anvar, Adv.

Mr. Neeraj, A.A.G. Mr. Akshay Amritanshu, AOR Mr. Piyush Beriwal, Adv. Mr. Rudra Paliwal, Adv. Ms. Drishti Saraf, Adv. Ms. Pragya Upadhyay, Adv. Ms. Swati Mishra, Adv. Mr. Vedansh Anand, Adv. Ms. Damini Garg, Adv. Mr. Sandip, Adv. Mr. Veevek Goel, Adv. Mr. Avishkar Singhvi, Adv. Mr. Siddhant Sharma, AOR Mr. Prafull Bhardwaj, Adv. Ms. Muskaan, Adv. Mr. Anando Mukherjee, AOR Mr. Sabarish Subramanian, AOR Mr. Gaurav Khanna, AOR Ms. Natasha Sahrawat, Adv. Mr. Gautam Barnwal, Adv. Ms. Deepali Bhanot, Adv. Mr. Rudraksh Pandey, Adv. Ms. Alisha Roy, Adv. Mr. Samir Ali Khan, AOR Mr. Pranjal Sharma, Adv. Mr. Kashif Irshad Khan, Adv. Mr. Shoaib Alam, Adv. Mr. Anuj Sharma, Adv. Mr. Abhimanyu Jhamba, Adv. Mr. Ravindra S. Garia, AOR Ms. Rachna Gandhi, Adv. Mr. Shashank Singh, Adv. Mr. Madan Chandra Karnatak, Adv. Mr. Sharan Dev Singh Thakur, Sr. A.A.G. Ms. Ruchira Goel, AOR Mr. Siddharth Thakur, Adv. Mr. Sharanya Sinha, Adv. Mr. Mustafa Sajad, Adv. Mr. Ankit Roy, AOR Mr. Sameer Abhyankar, AOR Mr. Rahul Kumar, Adv. Mr. Aryan Srivastava, Adv.

Ms. Ayushi Bansal, Adv. Mr. Aakash Thakur, Adv. Mr. Sarthak Dora, Adv. Mr. Pukhrambam Ramesh Kumar, AOR Mr. Karun Sharma, Adv. Ms. Rajkumari Divyasana, Adv. Mr. Abhimanyu Tewari, AOR Ms. Eliza Bar, Adv. Mr. Pankaj Pandey, Adv. Ms. Megha Karnwal, AOR Mr. Lalit Rajpoot, Adv. Mr. Siddharth R. Gupta, Adv. Mr. Mrigank Prabhakar, AOR Mr. Sankalp Kochar, Adv. Mr. Siddhant Kochar, Adv. Mr. Shrey Dambhare, Adv. Mr. Shantanu Sharma, Adv. Mr. Aman Agarwal, Adv. Mr. Siddharth R. Gupta, Adv. Mr. Mrigank Prabhakar, AOR Mr. Sankalp Kochar, Adv. Mr. Siddhant Kochar, Adv. Mr. Shrey Dambhare, Adv. Mr. Shantanu Sharma, Adv. Mr. Aman Agarwal, Adv. Mr. Arunabh Chowdhury, Sr. Adv. (A.A.G.) Mr. Pragya Baghel, Adv. Ms. Tulika Mukherjee, AOR Mr. Ninad Laud, Adv. Mr. Zubin Dash, Adv. Mr. Guruprasad Naik, Adv. Mr. Dcosta Ivo Manuel Simon, AOR Mr. Arunabh Chowdhury, Sr. Adv. (A.A.G.) Mr. Pragya Baghel, Adv. Ms. Tulika Mukherjee, AOR Mr. Shiv Mangal Sharma, A.A.G. Mr. Amogh Bansal, Adv. Ms. Nidhi Jaswal, AOR UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following O R D E R

1. Learned counsel for the petitioners as well as learned State

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counsel seek and are granted two weeks' time to formulate the questions that arises for consideration before this Reference Bench. While formulating the questions, the learned counsel shall focus on the irreversible consequences as also the mandatory nature of the procedural compliances, with a view to safeguard the interest of the accused as well as the prosecution.

2. All the learned counsel, appearing for the petitioners, shall handover their suggestions within 10 days to Ms. Ashima Mandla, AOR, who shall collate and place the same on record from the petitioners' side within two weeks. Similarly, all the learned counsel, appearing for the respondents, shall handover their suggestions within three weeks to Mr. Siddhant Sharma, AOR, who shall collate and place the same on record from the respondents side.

3. List the matters on 12.12.2024 at 2 p.m.

SLP(Crl) No.12132/2023 & SLP(Crl) No.13327/2023

4. Learned counsel for the petitioners seek and are permitted to withdraw the special leave petitions with liberty to approach the appropriate forum.

5. The special leave petitions are dismissed as withdrawn with liberty as aforesaid.

(ARJUN BISHT) (PREETHI T.C.) ASTT. REGISTRAR-cum-PS ASSISTANT REGISTRAR

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