Anokhilal vs State Of Madhya Pradesh

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2025 Supreme(SC) 195

VIKRAM NATH, SANJAY KAROL, SANDEEP MEHTA
Anokhilal – Appellant
Versus
State Of Madhya Pradesh – Respondent

Advocates:
Advocate Appeared:
Mr. Sidharth Luthra, Sr. Adv.(Amicus Curiae), Ms. Nipun Saxena, In-person (NP), Mr. Sidharth Luthra, Sr. Adv.(Amicus Curiae), Ms. K. V. Bharathi Upadhyaya, AOR, Mr. Sufyan Hasan, Adv., Ms. Rajni Gupta, Adv., Mr. Sougat Pati, Adv., Ms. Madhusruthi Neelakantan, Adv., Ms. Hema Malik, Adv., Ms./Dr. Poornima, Adv., Mr. Ashok Kr. Panda, Sr. Adv., Ms. Sunita Sharma, Adv., Mr. R R Rajesh, Adv., Mr. S A Haseeb, Adv., Mr. Amrish Kumar, AOR, Ms. Sonia Mathur, Sr. Adv., Mr. Anmol Chandan, Adv., Ms. Priyanka Das, Adv., Mr. Arvind Kumar Sharma, AOR, Ms. Sonia Mathur, Sr. Adv., Mr. Anmol Chandan, Adv., Ms. Priyanka Das, Adv., Mr. Arvind Kumar Sharma, AOR, Mr. Amit Kumar, Advocate General, Sr. Adv., Mr. Avijit Mani Tripathi, AOR, Mr. T.k. Nayak, Adv., Mr. Daniel Lyngdoh, Adv., Ms. Rekha Bakshi, Adv., Mr. Arvind Mani Tripathi, AOR, Mr. Upendra Mishra, Adv., Mr. P.S. Negi, Adv., Mr. Sunny Choudhary, AOR, Mr. Sarad Kumar Singhania AOR/Adv., Ms. Mrigna Shekhar, Adv., Ms. Jyoti Mendiratta, AOR, Mr. Karan Bharihoke, AOR, Mr. Tanmaya Agarwal, AOR, Mr. Wrick Chatterjee, Adv., Mrs. Aditi Agarwal, Adv., Mr. Shiv Mangal Sharma, AAG, Ms. Nidhi Jaswal, Adv., Mr. Sandeep Kumar Jha, AOR, Ms. Tulika Mukherjee, AOR, Mr. Beenu Sharma, Adv., Mr. Venkat Narayan, Adv., Mr. Gopal Singh, AOR, Mr. Aravindh S., AOR, Mr. Akshay Gupta, Adv., Mr. Aadithya Aravindh, Adv., Dr. J. P. Dhanda, AOR, Mr. Gautam Narayan, AOR, Ms. Diksha Rai, AOR, Ms. Taruna Ardhendumauli Prasad, AOR, Ms. Vanshaja Shukla, AOR, Ms. Ankeeta Appanna, Adv., Ms. Anubha Dhulia, Adv., Mr. Gurmeet Singh Makker, AOR, Mr. Shiv Mangal Sharma, A.A.G., Mr. Milind Kumar, AOR, Mr. Pukhrambam Ramesh Kumar, AOR, Mr. Karun Sharma, Adv., Ms. Rajkumari Divyasana, Adv., Mr. Arjun Garg, AOR, Ms. Kriti Gupta, Adv., Ms. Sagun Srivastava, Adv., Mr. Brahma Prakash Soni, Adv., Mr. C. K. Sasi, AOR, Ms. Meena K Poulose, Adv., Mr. Sunny Choudhary, AOR, Mr. Sarad Kumar Singhania,AOR/ Adv., Ms. Mrigna Shekhar, Adv., Mr. Sanchar Anand, Adv., Mr. Devendra Singh, AOR, Mr. Shiv Kumar, Adv., Mr. Aman Kumar Thakur, Adv., Mr. Abhishek Bhardwaj, Adv., Mr. Gaurav Agrawal, AOR, Mr. Saurabh Trivedi, AOR, Mr. Abhishek, AOR, Ms. Mukti Chowdhary, AOR, Mr. M. Yogesh Kanna, AOR, Mr. Prashant Shrikant Kenjale, AOR, M/S. Lawyer S Knit & Co, AOR, Mr. Narendra Kumar, AOR, Mr. Shreyas Awasthi, Adv., Ms. Astha Sharma, AOR, Ms. Ridhi Jain, Adv., Ms. Muskan Surana, Adv., Mr. Gopal Jha, AOR, Mr. Lakshmi Raman Singh, AOR, Mr. Raj Bahadur Yadav, AOR, Mr. Abhimanyu Tewari, AOR, Ms. Eliza Bar, Adv., Mr. Sumeer Sodhi, AOR, Mr. Sanjay Kumar Visen, AOR, Ms. Aswathi M.k., AOR, Mr. Mahfooz Ahsan Nazki, AOR, Ms. Binu Tamta, AOR, Ms. Asmita Singh, AOR, Mr. Tushar Nair, Adv., Mr. Anirudh Anand, Adv., Mr. Punishk Handa, Adv., M/S. Plr Chambers And Co., AOR, Mr. Shibashish Misra, AOR, Mr. Deepayan Mandal, AOR, Mr. Mridul Bansal, Adv., Mr. Naman Varma, Adv., Mr. Merusagar Samantaray, AOR, Mr. Vinod Sharma, AOR, Mr. Akshat Kumar, AOR, Ms. Jaspreet Gogia, AOR, Mr. Kartik Seth, Adv., Ms. Shriya Gilhotra, Adv., Ms. Maithili Moondra, Adv., Mr. Raghav Sharma, Adv., Ms. Kriti Taneja, Adv., Mr. Saurabh Chaturvedi, Adv., Mr. Chiranjeev Sharma, Adv., Ms. Supriya Udey, Adv., M/S. Chambers Of Kartik Seth, AOR, Mr. Satya Mitra, AOR, Mr. Pradeep Misra, AOR, Mr. Rajiv Kumar Choudhry , AOR, Mr. Sahil Tagotra, AOR, Mr. Sujay Jain, Adv., Mr. Zubin Dash, Adv., Mr. Gajendra Singh Negi, Adv., Mr. Amit Gupta, AOR, Mr. Kshitij Vaibhav, Adv., Ms. Muskan Nagpal, Adv., Mr. Vivek Narayan Sharma, AOR, Mr. Sahil Bhalaik, AOR, Mr. Tushar Giri, Adv., Mr. Siddharth Anil Khanna, Adv., Mr. Ritik Arora, Adv., Mr. Shivam Mishra, Adv., Mr. Gowtham Polanki, Adv., Ms. Gulshan Jahan, Adv., Mr. Sanjai Kumar Pathak, AOR, Mrs. Shashi Pathak, Adv., Mr. Arvind Kumar Tripathi, Adv., Ms. Vishakha, AOR, Ms. Rashmi Nandakumar, AOR, Ms. Yashmita Pandey, Adv., Ms. Kamakshi S. Mehlwal, AOR, Mr. Deepak Girdhar, Adv., Ms. Geetanjali Mehlwal, Adv., Mr. Rinku Mathur, Adv., Mr. Sanveer Mehlwal, Adv., Mr. V. N. Raghupathy, AOR, Mr. Jagjit Singh Chhabra, AOR, Mrs. Anil Katiyar, AOR, Mr. Shreekant Neelappa Terdal, AOR, Mr. Krishna Kant Dubey, Adv., Mr. Mukul Singh, Adv., Ms. K. Enatoli Sema, AOR, Ms. Limayinla Jamir, Adv., Mr. Amit Kumar Singh, Adv., Ms. Chubalemla Chang, Adv., Mr. Prang Newmai, Adv., Ms. Sindoora Vnl, AOR, Ms. Thithiksha Padmam, Adv., Ms. G. Indira, AOR, Mr. Krishnanand Pandeya, AOR, Mr. Ramesh Babu M. R., AOR, Mr. Aaditya A. Pande, AOR, Mr. Siddharth Dharmadhikari, Adv., Mr. Sourav Singh, Adv., Mr. Bharat Bagla, Adv., Ms. Baani Khanna, AOR, Mr. Robin Singh, Adv., Mr. Rohit Kumar, Adv., Ms. Tejal Nagauri, Adv., Mr. D.K. Thakur, Adv., Mr. Bimlesh Singh, Adv.

ORDER :

1. These appeals stood disposed of by a coordinate Bench of this Court vide judgment dated 18.12.2019, whereby the impugned judgments and orders passed by the High Court and the Trial Court against the appellant are set aside and the matter was remanded for de novo consideration. While passing the judgment, certain directions, as contained in paragraph 22 of the judgment, were issued on the limited issue “whether, while granting free Legal Aid, the appellant was extended real and meaningful assistance or not” and for deciding other issues these appeals were kept pending.

2. It is stated by Mr. Sidharth Luthra, learned senior counsel, appointed as amicus curiae, that the accused- appellant was acquitted from all the charges on 19.03.2024, and against which no appeal is filed by the State. As such, the order of acquittal has attained finality.

3. As regards the other legal issues pending in these appeals, it would be open for the parties to raise the same in the pending writ petitions [Suo Motu Writ (Crl.) No.4/2019 and Writ Petition (C)No.565/2012], which are connected to these appeals.

4. In that view of the matter, there is no purpose of keeping these appeals alive on Board.

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VIKRAM NATH, SANJAY KAROL, SANDEEP MEHTAAnokhilal – AppellantVersusState Of Madhya Pradesh – Respondent

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VIKRAM NATH, SANJAY KAROL, SANDEEP MEHTA
Anokhilal – Appellant
Versus
State Of Madhya Pradesh – Respondent