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2023 Supreme(SC) 561

SANJAY KISHAN KAUL, AHSANUDDIN AMANULLAH
Umesh Rai @ Gora Rai – Appellant
Versus
State of U. P. – Respondent


Advocates appeared:
For the Petitioner(s): Mr. Raies Ul Haq Ahmad Sikander, AOR Mr. Sameer Rai, Adv.
For the Respondent(s): Mr. Parth Awasthi, Adv. Mr. Nirmal Kumar Ambastha, AOR

ORDER

Leave granted.

2. On 08.05.2023, we passed the following order:

    “The petitioner claims that hearing in Criminal Appeal No.3832/2014 was concluded on 04.08.2022 and in view thereof the prayer of the petitioner for bail was not attended to. The judgment was reserved on the said date but the order of 04.08.2022 has neither been uploaded online nor has been made available to the petitioner. The petitioner has already completed 16 years 9 months and 18 days in actual custody.

    The Registrar of the Allahabad High Court is directed to forthwith send a report to this Court about the proceedings of 04.08.2022 and whether any judgment in appeal has since been pronounced or not.”

3. A report has now been received from the Registrar General of the High Court. It also appears that the proceedings of 04.08.2022 have been belatedly put on the website showing that the judgment is reserved. No judgment was pronounced or released on 11.05.2023 as per report of the Assistant Registrar. To say the least, this is completely unsatisfactory state of affairs.

4. On 11.05.2023, the appeal was again nominated to the same Bench when on 12.05.2023 it was taken up and the appellant No.1 was asked to submit re


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