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B. R. GAVAI, K. VINOD CHANDRAN
Shekhar Prasad Mahto @ Shekhar Kushwaha – Appellant
Versus
Registrar General Jharkhand High Court – Respondent
ORDER :
1. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that in defiance of the orders passed by this Court on 31.07.2023 in SLP(Crl.) No. 7203 of 2003 and on 12.12.2023 in SLP(Crl.) No. 15585 of 2023, the matters pertaining to the same FIR were not placed before the same learned Judge.
2. It is submitted that this Court in unequivocal terms has directed that all the matters arising out of the same FIR should be placed before the same learned Judge.
3. It is, however, submitted that in the present case though Judge ‘A’ had passed an order in the bail application preferred by a co-accused, the application for bail preferred by the petitioner was placed before Judge ‘B’.
4. The three judges-Bench of this Court in SLP(Crl) No. 7203 of 2023 has observed thus:
5. The said observations have been reiterated by a two-Judge Bench of this Court in SLP(Crl
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