Mohammed Asarudeen vs. Union Of India

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). 6392/2023

(Arising out of impugned final judgment and order dated 28-09-2022 in CRLA No. 381/2022 passed by the High Court of Judicature at Madras)

S. NIJAM ALI @ NIJAM & ANR. Petitioner(s)

VERSUS

UNION OF INDIA Respondent(s)

WITH

SLP(Crl) No. 12077/2023 (II-C) (IA No. 181976/2023 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT AND IA No. 181974/2023 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.)

SLP(Crl) No. 14183/2023 (II-C)

Date : 05-04-2024 These matters were called on for hearing today.

CORAM :

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ABHAY S. OKA HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE UJJAL BHUYAN

For Petitioner(s)	Mr. Jaideep Gupta, Sr. Adv.<br>Mr. D. Kumanan, AOR<br>Mrs. Deepa. S, Adv.<br>Mr. Prashut Dalvi, Adv.<br>Mr. Sheikh F Kalia, Adv.<br>Mr. A. Nowfal Shereef K.A., Adv.
For Respondent(s)	Mr. K M Nataraj, A.S.G.<br>Mr. Sharath Nambiar, Adv.<br>Mr. Bhuvan Kapoor, Adv.<br>Mr. Navanjay Mahapatra, Adv.<br>Ms. Pratyushi Srivastava, Adv.

Mr. Rajesh Kumar Singh, Adv.

Mr. Arvind Kumar Sharma, AOR

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

The learned ASG, on instructions, states that out of 15 protected witnesses, 07 witnesses have been examined. However, the Reason:

prosecution does not desire to examine the remaining 08 protected witnesses. He states that 56 more witnesses are proposed to be examined.

We grant time of three weeks to the learned ASG to file the counter affidavits in SLP (Crl.) No.12077/2023 and SLP (Crl.) No. 14183/2023.

List on 29th April, 2024.

In the meanwhile, the learned ASG to take instructions about the antecedents of the petitioners.

(ASHISH KONDLE) (AVGV RAMU)

COURT MASTER (SH) COURT MASTER (NSH)