Sanjiv R. Bhatt vs. The State Of Gujarat

S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS

Petition for Special Leave to Appeal (Crl.) No. 7186/2022 (Arising out of impugned final judgment and order dated 05-05-2022 in CRLMA No. 5959/1999 passed by the High Court of Gujarat at Ahmedabad)

SANJIV R. BHATT Petitioner(s)

SNEHA

16:55:28 IST Reason:

VERSUS

THE STATE OF GUJARAT & ANR. Respondent(s)

(IA No. 110682/2022 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT

IA No. 110683/2022 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.)

Date : 05-09-2022 These matters were called on for hearing today.

CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE M.R. SHAH HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE KRISHNA MURARI

For Petitioner(s) Mr. Kamini Jaiswal, Adv Mr. Abhimanue Shrestha, AOR Ms. Rani Mishra, Advocate Mr. Divyansh Khurana, Advocate

Mr. Abhimanue Shrestha, AOR

For Respondent(s) Mr. Maninder Singh, Sr. Adv. Mr. Rajat Nair, Adv. Mr. Prabhas Bajaj, Adv. Mr. Pranav Saigal, Adv. Ms. Ashita Chawla, Adv. Mr. Ajay Sabharwal, Adv. Mr. Raghav Tewari, Adv. Ms. Deepanwita Priyanka, AOR

Mr. Mahesh Jethmalani, Sr. Adv. Mr. Rajan K. Chourasia, AOR

UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following O R D E R We have heard Ms. Kamini Jaiswal, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner at length. We have also heard Shri Maninder Singh, learned Senior Advocate appearing on behalf of the State as well as Shri Mahesh Jethmalani, learned Senior Advocate appearing on behalf of the original complainant. Digitally signed by Date: 2022.09.09 Signature Not Verified

Contd..

Having gone through the order passed by the learned Magistrate summoning the petitioner/accused and the impugned judgment and order passed by the High Court, we see no reason to interfere with the impugned judgment and order passed by the High Court in exercise of powers under Article 136 of the Constitution of India. The Special Leave Petition stands dismissed.

However, it is observed that the defences which may be available to the accused are kept open to be considered by the learned Trial Court at the time of trial.

Pending application(s) shall stand disposed of.

(NEETU SACHDEVA) (NISHA TRIPATHI) ASTT. REGISTRAR-cum-PS ASSISTANT REGISTRAR