Farid Saha vs. The Central Bureau Of Investigation

TTEM $NO.61$

COURT NO.2

SECTION II-B

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS

Petition for Special Leave to Appeal (Crl.) No.6346/2024

(Arising out of impugned final judgment and order dated 22-04-2024 in CRR No. 1474/2024 passed by the High Court at Calcutta)

BIKASH BEJ & ORS.

Petitioner(s)

VERSUS

THE CENTRAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION, SPECIAL Respondent(s) CRIME BRANCH, KOLKATA & ANR.

(IA No.108054/2024-EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT and IA No.108055/2024-EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.)

WITH

SLP(Crl) No. $6479/2024$ (II-B) (IA FOR EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT ON IA 109964/2024 & FOR EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. ON IA 109977/2024)

Date: 24-05-2024 These matters were called on for hearing today.

CORAM :

HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE BELA M. TRIVEDI HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE PANKAJ MITHAL (VACATION BENCH)

For Petitioner(s)

	Mr. Siddharth Dave, Sr. Adv.
	Mr. Soumen Mohanty, Adv.
	Mr. Adit S Pujari, Adv.
	Mr. Agnish Basu, Adv.
	Ms. Aparajita Sinha, Adv.
	Ms. Mantika Vohra, Adv.
	Ms. Vidhi Thakker, Adv.
	Ms. Shubhangi Pandey, Adv.
	Mr. Udayaditya Banerjee, AOR
For Respondent(s)
	Mrs. Aishwarya Bhati, A.S.G.
	Mr. Mukesh Kumar Maroria, AOR
	Mr. Zoheb Hussain, Adv.
Signature Not Verified	Mr. Annam Venkatesh, Adv.
Digitally signed by<br>VIŠHAL <b>ANAN</b> D	Mr. Samrat Goswami, Adv.
11:08:16 IST<br>Reason:	Mr. Vivek Gurnani, Adv.

UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following O R D E R

1. Learned Additional Solicitor General – Ms. Aishwarya Bhati for the Central Bureau of Investigation states that the petitioners shall be given notice of 24 hours as may be required in the facts and circumstances of the case in case the respondents intend to arrest the petitioners. However, the petitioners shall respond to the notice issued against them under Section 160 of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973.

2. In view of the above submissions, we are not inclined to interfere with the common impugned order passed by the High Court.

3. The Special Leave Petitions are, accordingly, dismissed.

4. Pending applications also stand disposed of

(VISHAL ANAND) (AVGV RAMU) ASTT. REGISTRAR-cum-PS COURT MASTER (NSH)