Francis Passah vs. State Of Meghalaya

\206ITEM NO.41 COURT NO.2 SECTION II S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS Petition(s) for Special Leave to Appeal (Crl) No(s).6323/2011 (From the judgement and order dated 15/07/2009 in CRLA No.6/2007, of The HIGH COURT OF GUWAHATI ,ASSAM) BAPHIRA KHARKONGOR & ORS. Petitioner(s) VERSUS STATE OF MEGHALAYA Respondent(s) (With appln(s) for c/delay in filing SLP,bail and office report )) Date: 16/01/2012 This Petition was called on for hearing today. CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ALTAMAS KABIR HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SURINDER SINGH NIJJAR For Petitioner(s) Mr. Ananga Bhattacharyya,AOR. For Respondent(s) Mr. Ranjan Mukherjee, Adv. Mr. S.Bhowmick, Adv. Mr. S.C. Ghosh, Adv. UPON hearing counsel the Court made the following O R D E R Delay condoned. We had already expressed our views with regard to SLP(Crl.)No.4215 of 2011[Item No.39 of today's board]. The same criteria applies as far as the petitioners herein are concerned. However, a submission has been made on behalf of the petitioner No. 3, by learned counsel, -2- SLP(Crl.)6323/11 indicating that he too was a juvenile at the time of commission of the offence. Accordingly, the Special Leave Petition is dismissed as far as the petitioner Nos.1,2 and 4 are concerned.

Let the Special Leave Petition, as far as

the petitioner No.3 is concerned, be taken up for further consideration three weeks hence, to enable the petitioner to provide evidence in support of his claim of juvenility.

(Sheetal Dhingra) (Juginder Kaur) COURT MASTER Assistant Registrar