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2014 Supreme(SC) 1366

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
H.L. Dattu, S.A. Bobde, JJ.
Tarun Tejpal - Petitioner
Versus
State of Goa - Respondent
Petition (s) for Special Leave to Appeal (Crl.) No(s). 3149-3150 of 2014
Decided On : 01-07-2014

Advocate Appeared:
For the Petitioner:Salman Khurshid, Sr. Advocate with Sandeep Kapur, Pramod Dubey, Ravi Sharma, Abhimanyu Bhandari, Veer Inder Pal, Vivek Suri, Niharika Karanjawal, Apoorva Pandey, Laksh Khanna, Karanjawala and Co., Advocates.
For the Respondent:Neraj K. Kaul, ASG V. Madhukar, Bhuvan Mishra, Mohit D. Ram, Signature Not Verified, Anvita Cowshish, Samar Kachwaha, Ramana Venkata Ganti, Raghavendra Bajaj, Nitesh Daryanani, Advocates.

The court emphasized the importance of compliance with bail conditions and expeditious trial completion.

Headnote:

Bail Conditions - Release of Petitioner - The court directed the release of the petitioner on bail with specific conditions to ensure compliance and participation in the trial.

Fact of the Case:

The court, after considering the facts and circumstances, directed the release of the petitioner on bail with specific conditions.

Finding of the Court:

The court directed the release of the petitioner on bail and imposed specific conditions to ensure compliance and participation in the trial.

Issues: Bail conditions, trial completion timeline

Ratio Decidendi: The court emphasized the importance of the petitioner's compliance with the specified conditions and the expeditious completion of the trial.

Final Decision: The court ordered the release of the petitioner on bail with specific conditions and directed the trial judge to complete the trial within eight months.

ORDER :

1. Heard learned counsel for the parties to the lis.

2. After going through the facts and circumstances of the case, we direct that the petitioner be released on bail subject to the following conditions:

    (a) The petitioner shall not directly or indirectly make any inducement, threat or promise to any person acquainted with the facts or the case so as to dissuade him to disclose such facts to the Court or to any other authority.

    (b) The petitioner shall remain present before the Court on the dates fixed for hearing of the case. If he wants to remain absent, then he shall take prior permission of the Court and in case of unavoidable circumstances for remaining absent, he shall immediately give intimation to the appropriate Court and also to the investigating agency and request that he may be permitted to be present through the counsel.

    (c) The petitioner will not dispute his identity as the accused in the case.

    (d) The petitioner shall surrender his passport, if any (if not already surrendered), and in case, he is not a holder of the same, he shall swear to an affidavit to that effect.

    (e) We reserve liberty to the respondents to make an appropriate application for modification/recalling the order passed by us, if for any reason, the petitioner violates any of the conditions imposed by this Court.

    (f) The petitioner shall participate in the trial before the Trial Court.

    (g) The petitioner shall not seek unnecessary adjournments of the trial.

3. We now direct the learned Trial Judge to complete the trial as expeditiously as possible, at any rate, within eight months' time from today since the investigating agency has already filed its charge-sheet on 17th February, 2014.

4. In order to facilitate the respondents to make an appropriate application, we intend to keep the matter on board.

Ordered accordingly.

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