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2014 Supreme(SC) 1414

P. SATHASIVAM, B. S. CHAUHAN, R. P. DESAI, RANJAN GOGOI, S. A. BOBDE
Lalita Kumari – Appellant
Versus
Govt. of U. P. – Respondent


Advocates Appeared:
For the Petitioner: Mr. B.K. Shah, Adv., Mrs. Mona K. Rajvanshi, AOR.
For the Respondent/Applicant/For NCT of Delhi: Mr. Sidharth Luthra, ASG, Ms. Supriya Juneja, Adv., Mr. Anandna Handa, Adv., Mr. G.S. Bedi, Adv., Mr. D.S. Mahra, AOR, Mr. Satya Siddiqui, Adv., Mr. S.K. Mishra, Adv.
For the CBI : Mr. Mohan Parasaran, S.G. (N/P), Dr. Ashok Dhamija, Adv., Mr. T.A. Khan, Adv., Mr. P.K. Dey, Adv., Mr. B.V. Balram Das, Adv.
For the U.P. : Mr. Ratnakar K. Dash, Sr. Adv., Mr. Abhisth Kumar, Adv., Mr. Raman Yadav, Adv., Ms. Archana Singh, Adv., Ms. Sharmila Upadhyay, AOR, Mr. Debasis Misra, AOR.
For the Haryana : Mr. Manjit Singh, AAG, Ms. Nupur Chaudhary, Adv., Mr. Tarjit Singh, Adv., Mr. Kamal Mohan Gupta, Adv.
For the Punjab : Mr. V. Madhukar, AAG, Ms. Anvita Cowshism, Adv., Mr. Kuldip Singh, AOR.
For the Gujarat : Ms. Hemantika Wahi, AOR, Ms. Preeti Bhardwaj, Adv., Ms. Puja Singh, Adv.
For the Arunachal Pradesh : Mr. Anil Shrivastav, AOR, Mr. Rituraj Biswas, Adv.
For the A.P. : Mr. D. Mahesh Babu, Adv., Ms. Suchitra Hrangkhawl, Adv., Mr. Amjit Maqbool, Adv., Mr. Amit K. Nain, Adv., Mr. B. Ramakrishna Rao, Adv., Mr. Aditya Jain, Adv., Ms. Sunita Chaudhary, Adv., Mr. Kamlendra Mishra, AOR, Mr. Khwairakpam Nobin Singh, AOR, Ms. Kamini Jaiswal, AOR, Mr. Ravindra Keshavrao Adsure, AOR, Mr. Jatinder Kumar Bhatia, AOR, Mr. Mukesh Verma, Adv., Mr. Naresh K. Sharma, AOR, Mr. P.V. Dinesh, AOR, Ms. Anitha Shenoy, AOR, Mr. Gopal Singh, AOR.
For the Jharkhand : Mr. Anil K. Jha, AOR, Mrs. Priyanka Tyagi, Adv., M/s. Corporate Law Group, Ms. Sumita Hazarika, AOR, Mr. Satish Vig, AOR, Mr. Aruneshwar Gupta, AOR, M/s. Arputham, Aruna & Co.
For the Andaman & Nicobar : Mr. Balasubramaniam, Adv., Mr. K.V. Jagdishvaran, Adv., Ms. G. Indira, AOR, Mrs. D. Bharathi Reddy, AOR, Mr. Dharmendra Kumar Sinha, AOR.
For the Puducherry : Mr. V.G. Pragasam, AOR, Mr. S.J. Aristotle, Adv., Mr. Prabu Ramasubramaniam, Adv., Mr. Ajay Pal, AOR, Mr. Jatinder Kumar Bhatia, AOR, Mr. R. Nedumaran, AOR, Ms. Shalu Sharma, AOR, Mr. Ranjan Mukherjee, AOR, Ms. A. Subhashini, AOR, Dr. Monika Gusain, AOR, Mr. S. Thananjayan, AOR, Mr. Sudarshan Singh Rawat, AOR, Mr. C.D. Sigh, AOR.
For the West Bengal : Mr. Anip Sachthey, AOR, Mr. Mohit Paul, Adv., Mr. Abhijat P. Medh, AOR, Mr. Rameshwar Prasad Goyal, AOR.
For the Tamil Nadhu : Mr. M. Yogesh Kanna, Adv., Mr. A. Santha Kumaran, Adv., Ms. Vanita C. Giri, Adv.
For the Rajasthan : Mr. S.S. Shamshery, AAG, Mr. Sandeep Singh, Adv., Ms. Ruchi Kohli, Adv.
For the Nagaland : Mr. K. Enatoli Sema, Adv., Mr. Amit Kumar Singh, Adv.
For the Mizoram : Mr. K.N. Madhusoodhanan, Adv., Mr. R. Sathish, Adv.
For the H.P. : Mr. Suryanarayana Singh, AAG, Ms. Pragati Neekhra, Adv.

ORDER :

1. Heard Mr. Sidharth Luthra, learned Additional Solicitor General.

2. After hearing him and in the light of the grievance expressed in the present criminal miscellaneous petition filed in the writ petition, we modify clause (vii) of paragraph 111 of our judgment dated 12th November, 2013, in the following manner :

    "(vii) While ensuring and protecting the rights of the accused and the complainant, a preliminary inquiry should be made time bound and in any case it should not exceed fifteen days generally and in exceptional cases, by giving adequate reasons, six weeks time is provided. The fact of such delay and the causes of it must be reflected in the General Diary entry."

3. To this extent, clause (vii) of paragraph 111 of the judgment is modified.

4. Criminal miscellaneous petition is, accordingly, disposed of.

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