The Central Bureau Of Investigation vs. Navneet Gupta

ITEM NO.37 COURT NO.2 SECTION II-A

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

SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION (CRIMINAL) Diary No. 15952/2024

(Arising out of impugned final judgment and order dated 25-07-2023 in WP No. 23800/2021 passed by the High Court of M.P. at Indore)

CENTRAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Petitioner(s)

VERSUS

SURENDRA PATWA & ORS. Respondent(s)

(FOR ADMISSION and I.R. and IA No.113525/2024-CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING and IA No.113526/2024-EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT)

Date : 17-05-2024 This matter was called on for hearing today.

CORAM :

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJIV KHANNA HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE DIPANKAR DATTA

For Petitioner(s)

Mr. S.V. Raju, A.S.G. Mr. Mukesh Kumar Maroria, AOR Mr. Samrat Goswami, Adv. Mr. Zoheb Hossain, Adv. Mr. Annam Venkatesh, Adv.

For Respondent(s)

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

Delay condoned.

Our attention is drawn to paragraph 98.1 of the judgment in State Bank of India & Ors. vs. Rajesh Agarwal & Ors.1, which states that no opportunity of being heard is required before a First Information Report2 is lodged and registered.

Issue notice limited to the aforesaid question, returnable in 1 (2023) 6 SCC 1 Digitally signed by Deepak Guglani Date: 2024.05.18 12:55:12 IST Reason: Signature Not Verified

<span id="page-0-1"></span><span id="page-0-0"></span>2 "FIR", for short

the week commencing 12.08.2024.

Till the next date of hearing, the direction given in the impugned judgment that registration of FIR etc. is quashed, shall remain stayed. We clarify that this is not an observation on the merits or the contents of the allegations in the FIR.

(DEEPAK GUGLANI) (R.S. NARAYANAN) AR-cum-PS ASSISTANT REGISTRAR