Jeyaraj Azaria vs. The State Of Tamil Nadu
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Order Issued After Hearing
Purpose:
Fixed Date by Court
Before:
Hon'ble Hon'Ble The Chief Justice, Hon'ble A.S. Bopanna, Hon'ble J.B. Pardiwala
Stage:
FRESH (FOR ADMISSION) - CRIMINAL CASES
Remarks:
Disposed off
Listed On:
26 Aug 2022
In:
Judge
Category:
UNKNOWN
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ITEM NO.24
COURT NO.2
SECTION II-C
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS
Petition(s) for Special Leave to Appeal (Crl.) Nos.7537-7538/2022
(Arising out of impugned final judgment and order dated 25-07-2022 in CRLOP No. 6490/2020 and CP No. 717/2020 passed by the High Court of Judicature at Madras)
JEYARAJ AZARIA & ORS.
Petitioner(s)
VERSUS
THE STATE OF TAMIL NADU & ANR.
Respondent $(s)$
(FOR ADMISSION and I.R. and IA No.114842/2022-EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT and IA No.114843/2022-EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.)
Date: 26-08-2022 These petitions were called on for hearing today.
CORAM :
HON'BLE DR. JUSTICE D.Y. CHANDRACHUD HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE A.S. BOPANNA HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE J.B. PARDIWALA
| For Petitioner(s) | Mr. Basant.R, Sr. Adv |
|---|---|
| Mr. Arvind Varma, Sr. Adv | |
| Mr. Varun Singh, Adv. | |
| Mr. Prathamesh Kamat, Adv | |
| Mr. Gaurav Nair, Adv. | |
| Mr. Rahul Saxena, Adv | |
| Mr. Pranati Bhatnagar, Adv | |
| Mr. Smridhi Sharma, Adv | |
| For Respondent(s) | Mr. G. Arudhra Rao, Adv. |
| Ms. Neelam Singh, AOR |
Mr. Sameer Singh, Adv.
UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following O R D E R
We have heard Mr R Basant, senior counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioners, and Mr G Arudhra Rao, counsel appearing on behalf of the second respondent.
- 2 We are not inclined to interfere with the impugned order of the High Court of Judicature at Madras dated 25 July 2022, by which the High Court has declined to set aside the order of the Magistrate directing an investigation under Section 156(3) of the Code of Criminal Procedure 1973. However, having regard to all the facts and circumstances, we order and direct that the petitioners shall be at liberty to surrender before the competent court within a period of four weeks and to apply for regular bail. The application for bail shall be considered by the Magistrate on the same day on which it is filed.
- 3 All the rights and contentions of the parties are kept open.
- 4 Subject to the aforesaid directions, the Special Leave Petitions are disposed of.
- 5 Pending application, if any, stands disposed of.
DEPUTY REGISTRAR COURT MASTER
(SANJAY KUMAR-I) (SAROJ KUMARI GAUR)