SUPREME COURT OF INDIA RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS

COURT NO.5

Criminal Appeal No(s). 5506/2024

LAKSHMIBEN & ORS.

Appellant( $s$ )

VERSUS

THE STATE OF GUJARAT & ANR.

Respondent $(s)$

(IA No. 140481/2024 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT, IA No. 140484/2024 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.)

WITH

C.A. No. 14680/2024 (III) (IA No. 141920/2024 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT, IA No. 141921/2024 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.)

Crl.A. No. 5507/2024 (II-B)

Crl.A. No. 5508/2024 (II-B)

Crl.A. No. 5509/2024 (II-B) IA No. 147268/2024 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES)

Crl.A. No. 5526/2024 (II-B)

Crl.A. No. 5531/2024 (II-B) IA No. 180742/2024 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES)

Crl.A. No. 5532/2024 (II-B) IA No. 190712/2024 - APPLICATION FOR PERMISSION IA No. 189146/2024 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES IA No. 266002/2024 - STAY APPLICATION)

Crl.A. No. 5533/2024 (II-B)

Crl.A. No. 5534/2024 (II-B) IA No. 189251/2024 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT IA No. 187498/2024 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES) Signature Not Verified $\mathbb{R}^{100}_{100}$ A. No. 5535/2024 (II-B) $7:51:28$ Crl.A. No. 5536/2024 (II-B)

Crl.A. No. 5537/2024 (II-B) Crl.A. No. 5538/2024 (II-B) C.A. No. 14682/2024 (III) IA No. 210756/2024 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES) C.A. No. 14683/2024 (III) IA No. 213386/2024 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES) Crl.A. No. 5510/2024 (II-B) Crl.A. No. 5511/2024 (II-B) Crl.A. No. 5512/2024 (II-B) Crl.A. No. 5513/2024 (II-B) Crl.A. No. 5514/2024 (II-B) (IA No. 217475/2024 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES, IA No. 217474/2024 - PERMISSION TO PLACE ADDITIONAL FACTS AND GROUNDS) Crl.A. No. 5515/2024 (II-B) (IA No. 221363/2024 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T., IA No. 217652/2024 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ ANNEXURES, IA No. 221362/2024 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES, IA No. 217650/2024 - PERMISSION TO PLACE ADDITIONAL FACTS AND GROUNDS) Crl.A. No. 5516/2024 (II-B) Crl.A. No. 5517/2024 (II-B) Crl.A. No. 5518/2024 (II-B) (IA No. 213110/2024 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/ FACTS/ANNEXURES) Crl.A. No. 5519/2024 (II-B) Crl.A. No. 5520/2024 (II-B) (IA No. 241069/2024 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T., IA No. 241075/2024 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/ FACTS/ANNEXURES) Crl.A. No. 5521/2024 (II-B) (IA No. 226801/2024 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T., IA No. 226802/2024 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ ANNEXURES) C.A. No. 14684/2024 (III)

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C.A. No. 14685/2024 (III) (IA No. 237238/2024 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES) C.A. No. 14686/2024 (III) (IA No. 236682/2024 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES) C.A. No. 14687/2024 (III) (IA No. 237148/2024 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES) Crl.A. No. 5522/2024 (II-B) (IA No. 238404/2024 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES) Crl.A. No. 5523/2024 (II-B) Crl.A. No. 5540/2024 (II-B) Crl.A. No. 5525/2024 (II-B) C.A. No. 8518/2024 (III) C.A. No. 8519/2024 (III) Crl.A. No. 3258/2024 (II-B) Crl.A. No. 3263/2024 (II-B) Crl.A. No. 3264/2024 (II-B) C.A. No. 8520/2024 (III) Crl.A. No. 3265/2024 (II-B) Crl.A. No. 3266/2024 (II-B) Crl.A. No. 3267-3269/2024 (II-B) C.A. No. 8521/2024 (III) (IA No. 136956/2024 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES) SLP(C) No. 17769/2024 (III) (IA No. 164941/2024 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT, IA No. 164942/2024 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.) Crl.A. No. 3270/2024 (II-B) (IA No. 136421/2024 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES)

Crl.A. No. 3271/2024 (II-B) IA No. 139727/2024 - PERMISSION TO FILE LENGTHY LIST OF DATES IA No. 139723/2024 - PERMISSION TO PLACE ON RECORD SUBSEQUENT FACTS) SLP(C) No. 17114/2024 (III) IA No. 169514/2024 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES) SLP(Crl) No. 9397/2024 (II-B) (IA No. 151361/2024 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.) Crl.A. No. 3262/2024 (II-B) IA No. 160191/2024 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES) Crl.A. No. 3259/2024 (II-B) IA No. 158373/2024 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES) Crl.A. No. 3272/2024 (II-B) SLP(Crl) No. 9850/2024 (II-B) IA No. 159779/2024 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. IA No. 159777/2024 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES IA No. 159778/2024 - PERMISSION TO PLACE ADDITIONAL FACTS AND GROUNDS) SLP(C) No. 16545/2024 (III) IA No. 163306/2024 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT IA No. 163307/2024 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. IA No. 163305/2024 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES) Crl.A. No. 3260/2024 (II-B) IA No. 158363/2024 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/ FACTS/ANNEXURES) SLP(Crl) No. 10083/2024 (II-B) IA No. 164352/2024 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT IA No. 164351/2024 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/ FACTS/ANNEXURES) Crl.A. No. 3261/2024 (II-B) SLP(C) No. 17266/2024 (III) IA No. 170589/2024 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT, IA No. 170591/2024 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T., IA No. 170592/2024 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/ FACTS/ ANNEXURES)

SLP(C) No. 17763-17764/2024 (III) IA No. 167821/2024 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT, IA No. 167825/2024 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.) SLP(C) No. 17447/2024 (III) (IA No. 172223/2024 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT, IA No. 172222/2024 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ ANNEXURES) SLP(C) No. 17471/2024 (III) (IA No. 172614/2024 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT, IA No. 172616/2024 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T., IA No. 172613/2024 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/ FACTS/ANNEXURES, IA No. 172615/2024 - PERMISSION TO FILE LENGTHY LIST OF DATES) SLP(C) No. 17710/2024 (III) (IA No. 174392/2024 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT, IA No. 174394/2024 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.) SLP(C) No. 17737/2024 (III) (IA No. 174529/2024 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT, IA No. 174530/2024 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T., IA No. 175197/2024 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T., IA No. 175196/2024 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES) SLP(C) No. 21912/2024 (III) (IA No. 195562/2024 - APPLICATION FOR SUBSTITUTION IA No. 195564/2024 - SETTING ASIDE AN ABATEMENT) SLP(C) No. 25471/2024 (III) SLP(C) No. 21041-21042/2024 (III) SLP(C) No. 20349/2024 (III) SLP(C) No. 24608/2024 (III) (IA No. 228487/2024 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES) SLP(Crl) No. 12489/2024 (II-B) (IA No. 198541/2024 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES) SLP(Crl) No. 14832/2024 (II-B) (IA No. 234629/2024 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES) SLP(Crl) No. 13042/2024 (II-B) (IA No. 203251/2024 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES)

SLP(Crl) No. 13043/2024 (II-B) (IA No. 205441/2024 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES) SLP(Crl) No. 13038/2024 (II-B) (IA No. 205535/2024 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES) SLP(Crl) No. 13664/2024 (II-B) SLP(Crl) No. 12488/2024 (II-B) SLP(C) No. 24611/2024 (III) (IA No. 232783/2024 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES) SLP(Crl) No. 14334/2024 (II-B) W.P.(Crl.) No. 522/2024 (X) (IA No. 270175/2024 - STAY APPLICATION) SLP(Crl) No. 15192/2024 (II-B) (IA No. 252321/2024 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT, IA No. 252320/2024 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.) Crl.A. No. 4361/2024 (II-B) W.P.(Crl.) No. 423/2024 (X) (IA No. 241189/2024 - EX-PARTE STAY, IA No. 241188/2024 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.) SLP(Crl) No. 15089/2024 (II-B) (IA No. 246555/2024 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES) SLP(C) No. 25791/2024 (III) IA No. 246551/2024 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES) SLP(C) No. 29909/2024 (III) W.P.(Crl.) No. 499/2024 (X) (IA No. 282222/2024 - EX-PARTE STAY, IA No. 282224/2024 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.) W.P.(Crl.) No. 498/2024 (X) (IA No. 282055/2024 - EX-PARTE STAY, IA No. 282052/2024 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.) Crl.A. No. 5539/2024 (II-B) C.A. No. 14688/2024 (III) (IA No. 267433/2024 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T., IA No. 267432/2024 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ ANNEXURES) C.A. No. 14691/2024 (III) Diary No(s). 50442/2024 (II-B) (IA No. 288348/2024 - CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING IA No. 288349/2024 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. IA No. 288347/2024 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES) Crl.A. No. 5524/2024 (II-B) SLP(Crl) No. 18194/2024 (II-B) SLP(Crl) No. 18199/2024 (II-B) SLP(Crl) No. 18266/2024 (II-B) with W.P.(Crl.) No(s). 10/2025 (Item 63) with W.P.(Crl.) No. 8/2025 (X) (Item 63.1) with SLP (CIVIL) Diary No(s). 59048/2024 (Item 65) Date : 06-01-2025 These matters were called on for hearing today. CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ABHAY S. OKA HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE UJJAL BHUYAN For Appellant(s) (Item 47) Mr. Virat Popat, Adv. Mr. Shubham Singh, Adv. Ms. Shweta Lodha, Adv. Mr. Lokesh Kumar Choudhary, AOR Dr. Purvish Jitendra Malkan, Sr. Adv. Mr. Rashesh Parikh, Adv. Mr. Pramel Rannch, Adv. Ms. Dharita Malkan, Adv. Mr. Krishu Vaghera, Adv. Mr. Jignesh M. Nayek, Adv. Mr. Alok Kumar, Adv. Ms. Khushboo Aakash Sheth, AOR Mr. Kush Goel, Adv. Ms. Aparna Bhat, AOR

Mr. Naresh Kumar, AOR Mr. Navin Pahwa, Sr. Adv. Mr. Mohit D. Ram, AOR Mr. Anubhav Sharma, Adv. Ms. Nayan Gupta, Adv. Mr. Priank Adhyaru, Adv. Mr. Pritesh Khambolja, Adv. Mr. Ankit Mehta, Adv. Mr. Rameshwar Prasad Goyal, AOR Mr. Gaurav Prakash Pathak, Adv. Ms. Anushka, Adv. Mr. Nishant Kumar, AOR Ms. Ankita Chaudhary, AOR Mr. Shreyas Balaji, Adv. Mr. Kishan Chakwawala, Adv. Mr. Manan Doshi, Adv. Mr. Siddharth Dave, Adv. Mr. Siddhant Sharma, AOR Mr. Prafull Bhardwaj, Adv. Ms. Muskaan, Adv. Mr. Namit Saxena, AOR Mr. Savan Pandya, Adv. Mr. Nishidh Patel, Adv. Mr. Pulkit Tare, Adv. Mr. Anup Jain, AOR Mr. Ashwarya Kathed, Adv. Mr. Himanshu Sharma, AOR Mr. Sandeep Singh, Adv. Mrs. Aditi Sharma, Adv. Mr. Arun Kumar, Adv. Mr. Varun Sharma, Adv. Ms. Richa, Adv. Mr. Abhijit Banerjee, AOR Mr. Keshav Maheshwari, Adv. Mr. Anshuman Singh, AOR

	Mrs. Sumita Ray, AOR
	Mr. G. N. Reddy, Adv.<br>Mr. Hemal Kiritkumar Sheth, AOR
	Mr. Md. Ali, AOR<br>Mr. Unais Ghazi, Adv.
	Mr. Haresh Raichura, AOR<br>Mr. Haresh Raichura, Adv.<br>Mrs. Saroj Raichura, Adv.<br>Mr. Kalp Raichura, Adv.
	Mr. Shreeyash Uday Lalit, Adv.<br>Mr. Yogeshwar Patel, Adv.<br>Mr. Naman Barhambhat, Adv.<br>Ms. Runjhun Garg, Adv.<br>Mr. Kushal Desai, Adv.<br>Mr. Himanshu Vats, Adv.<br>Mr. Angad Pahel, Adv.<br>Mr. Angad Pahal, Adv.<br>Mr. Ishaan George, AOR<br>Mr. Lavam Tyagi, Adv.
	Mr. T. Sundar Ramanathan, AOR<br>Mr. Jay S. Shah, Adv.<br>Mr. Vivek Pandey, Adv.<br>Mr. Krishan Singhal, Adv.
	Ms. Srishti Mishra, Adv.<br>Mr. Sumeet Mishra, Adv.<br>Mr. R. C. Kohli, AOR
	Mr. Raj Singh Rana, AOR<br>Mr. Pankaj Kumar Singh, Adv.<br>Mr. Pawan Kumar Shukla, Adv.<br>Mr. Vivek Vishnoi, Adv.<br>Mr. Kamal Kumar Pandey, Adv.
(Item 47.49)	Mr. Shakeel Ahmed, AOR<br>Mr. Minhaj M. Shaikh, Adv.<br>Mr. Vikram Patralekh, Adv.<br>Mr. Pratibha Singh, Adv.<br>Mr. M.S. Hussain, Adv.

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Mr. Somesh Chandra Jha, AOR Mr. Danish Mavadhiya, Adv. Mr. Tarun Bajaj, Adv. Ms. Saumya Dwivedi, Adv. Mr. A.S.Timbalia, Adv. Mr. Akash Kishore, Adv. Mr. Animesh Rajoriya, Adv. Mr. Ekrama H. Qureshi, Adv. Mr. Md. Tahir M. Hakim, Adv. Mr. Ejaz Maqbool, AOR Mr. Muhammad Isa M. Hakim, Adv. Mr. Saif Zia, Adv. Ms. Megha Jani, Adv. Ms. Anushree Prashit Kapadia, AOR Mr. Shivam Singh, Adv. Mr. K H Daiya, Adv. Mr. Mukesh Kumar Singh, Adv. Mr. Chandrakant S Sarkar, Adv. Mr. Narendra Kumar Goyal, Adv. Mr. Jeetendra Kumar, Adv. Mr. Shantanu Jugtawat, Adv. Mr. Ikshit Singhal, Adv. Mr. Pawan Kumar Dhiman, Adv. Mr. Divyanshu Sarswat, Adv. Mr. Subodh, Adv. Ms. Kajal Rani, Adv. Mr. C M Dwivedi, Adv. Mr. Rahul Saini, Adv. Mr. Rahul Maratha, Adv. Mr. J S Maratha, Adv. M/S. Mukesh Kumar Singh And Co., AOR Mr. Shubham Jain, AOR Mr. Himanshu Dhawan, Adv. Mr. Jaywardhan Lunawat, Adv. Mr. B.S. Patel, Sr. Adv. Mr. Pradhuman Gohil, Adv. Mrs. Taruna Singh Gohil, AOR Mr. Chirag B. Patel, Adv. Ms. Taruna Singh Gohil, Adv. Mr. Alapati Sahithya Krishna, Adv. Ms. Hetvi Ketan Patel, Adv.

Mr. Rushabh N. Kapadia, Adv.

	Mr. Abhimanue Shrestha, AOR
	Mr. Shashikant Parmar, Adv.<br>Mr. Chand Qureshi, AOR<br>Mr. P.shanthi, Adv.<br>Mr. Rajat Baijal, Adv.<br>Mr. Harshit Shishodia, Adv.<br>Ms. Gunjan Khurana, Adv.<br>Mr. Jitender Khurana, Adv.<br>Mr. Chandan Kumar Mandal, Adv.<br>Mr. Dhirendra Kumar Verma, Adv.<br>Mr. Rakesh Ranjan, Adv.
	Mr. Rajivkumar, AOR<br>Mr. Sandeep Kumar Pathak, Adv.<br>Mr. J.K Mishra, Adv.<br>Mr. Sanjeev Gupta, Adv.
	Mr. Rauf Rahim, Sr. Adv.<br>Mr. Ali Asghar Rahim, Adv.<br>Mr. Soham Datta, Adv.<br>Ms. Sanskriti Shakuntala Gupta, Adv.<br>Mr. Shekhar Kumar, AOR
	Mr. Masoom K. Shah, Adv.<br>Mr. Udit Gupta, Adv.<br>Ms. Nishtha Goel, Adv.<br>Ms. Sneha Singh, Adv.<br>Ms. Deep Shikha Kumar, Adv.<br>M/S.<br>Udit Kishan And Associates, AOR
	Mr. Shakti Kanta Pattanaik, AOR<br>Mr. B. K. Pal, AOR
	Ms. Aparna Bhat, Sr. Adv.<br>Ms. Rajkumari Banju, AOR<br>Ms. Karishma Maria, Adv.
(Item 63)	Mr. Siddhant Sharma, AOR<br>Mr. Maulik Soni, Adv.<br>Mr. Prafull Bhardwaj, Adv.
(Item 65)	Mr. Rishabh Parikh, Adv.<br>Mr. Abhinav Agrawal, AOR
For Respondent(s)	Mr. K.K.Trivedi, Adv.<br>Mr. Krishna Yadav, Adv.

Mr. Rameshwar Prasad Goyal, AOR Mr. Tushar Mehta, Solicitor General (NP) Ms. Swati Ghildiyal, AOR Ms. Devyani Bhatt, Adv. Ms. Neha Singh, Adv. Ms. Mili Vaishnav, Adv. Ms. Deepanwita Priyanka, AOR Ms. Jaikriti S. Jadeja, AOR Mr. Shivang Goel, Adv. Mr. Ishaan Aggarwal, Adv. Mr. Shamik Shirishbhai Sanjanwala, AOR Mrs. Pragya Baghel, AOR Mr. Nilesh Kumar, Adv. Ms. Nishtha Tyagi, Adv. Mr. Vaibhav Niti, AOR Ms. Madhavi Agrawal, Adv. Mr. Divyanshu Agrawal, Adv. Mr. Jairaj Singh, Adv. Mr. Siddharth Batra, AOR Mr. Chinmay Dubey, Adv. Mr. Rhythm Katyal, Adv. Ms. Shivani Chawla, Adv. Ms. Archna Yadav, Adv. Mr. Yudhveer Hooda, Adv. Mr. Shivansh Bharatkumar Pandya, AOR Mr. Anand Dilip Landge, AOR Mrs. Sangeeta S Pahune Patil, Adv. Ms. Revati P. Kharde, Adv. Mr. Sumit Kumar, Adv. Mr. Rahul Prakash Pathak, Adv. Mr. Nachiketa Joshi, Sr. Adv. Mr. Ritwiz Rishabh, Adv. Ms. Sucheta Joshi, Adv. Ms. Sagrika Arya, Adv. Mr. Karishma Rajput, Adv. Mr. Veevak Goel, Adv.

Mr. Sandeep Bajaj, Adv. Ms. Aakanksha Nehra, Adv. Mr. Soayib Qureshi, AOR Ms. Muskan Sengar, Adv.

Mrs. Sumita Ray, AOR Dr. Abhisst Thaker, Adv. Ms. Disha Ray, Adv. Mr. Dillip Kumar Nayak, Adv. Mr. Prabhat Chowdhary, Adv. Mr. Shubham Thakur, Adv.

Mr. Arjun Garg, AOR Ms. Kriti Gupta, Adv. Ms. Sagun Srivastava, Adv. Mr. Brahma Prakash Soni, Adv. Mr. Malak Manish Bhatt, AOR Mr. Deepak Goel, AOR Mr. Naman Brahmbhatt, Adv. Ms. Archana Preeti Gupta, Adv. Ms. Alka Goyal, Adv.

Mr. Ankur Garg, Adv. Mr. Amjid Maqbool, Adv. Ms. Pallavi Pratap, AOR

Ms. Sharmila Upadhyay, Adv. Mr. Pawan R Upadhyay, Adv. Mr. Sarvjit Pratap Singh, Adv. M/S. Unuc Legal Llp, AOR

Ms. Nina Nariman, Adv. Mr. Vikash Singh, AOR

Ms. Sunieta Ojha, AOR Mr. Dushyant Swaroop, Adv.

Ms. Ranjeeta Rohatgi, AOR Ms. Devanshi Singh, Adv. Ms. Shambhavi Singh, Adv. Ms. Shrika Gautam, Adv.

Ms. Nishtha Tyagi, Adv. (Item 47.77) Mr. Shirish K. Deshpande, AOR Ms. Rucha Pravin Mandlik, Adv. Mr. Mohit Gautam, Adv. Mr. Apoorv Sharma, Adv. Ms. Deb Deepa Majumdar, AOR Ms. Laksha K Bhavnani, Adv. M/S. Gururaj & Nayak, AOR Mr. C B Gururaj, Adv. Mr. Animesh Dubey, Adv. Mr. Naveen Chandrashekar, Adv. Mr. C B Tiwari, Adv. Mr. Nishant Kumar, Adv. Mr. Prashant Kumar V Patadiya, Adv. Mr. Shailendra P. Singh, Adv. Mr. Rohit Kumar, AOR Mr. Namit Saxena, AOR Mr. Bhagabati Prasad Padhy, AOR Mr. Binod Kumar Behera, Adv.

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

W.P.(Crl) No.10/2025 and W.P.(Crl.) No.8/2025 (Item 63 and 63.1)

Application for exemption from filing official translation is allowed.

Issue rule nisi.

No coercive steps shall be taken against the petitioner on the basis of First Information Report (FIR) No.11186004249909 dated 19th December, 2024 registered at Police Station Prabhas Patan, Gir Somnath till further orders.

To be heard along with Criminal Appeal No.5506 of 2024 and connected cases.

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Criminal Appeal No.5506 of 2024 and connected matters (Item No.47 and ors.)

Today along with Sl. No.47, large number of petitions have been listed. Registry will examine all the cases listed at Sl. No.47 and will ascertain in which cases notice has not been issued and in which cases service is not complete where notice has been issued. Only those cases where notice has not been issued or where service is not complete shall be listed before this Court on 27th January, 2025.

Wherever I.As. have been filed for grant of interim relief in this group of cases, the applications shall be listed on the same date.

Special Leave Petition (Civil) Diary No(S). 59048/2024 (Item 65)

List on 27th January, 2025.

Liberty is granted to the petitioner to cure the defects within a period of one week.

(KAVITA PAHUJA) (AVGV RAMU)

AR-cum-PS COURT MASTER (NSH)