Satbir Singh vs Rajesh Kumar - 2025 Supreme(SC) 557

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2025 Supreme(SC) 557

DIPANKAR DATTA, MANMOHAN
Satbir Singh – Appellant
Versus
Rajesh Kumar – Respondent

Advocates Appeared:
For the Appellant(s) : Mr. Neeraj Kumar Jain, Sr. Adv. Mr. Siddharth Jain, AOR Mr. Sanjay Singh, Adv. Mr. Umang Shankar, Adv. Mr. Vidyut Kayarkar, Adv. Mr. Shailender Negi, Adv.
For the Respondent(s): Mr. Gagan Gupta, Sr. Adv. Mr. Nawab Singh Jaglan, Adv. Mr. Rishi Raj Sharma, AOR Mr. Jasbir, Adv. Ms. Manisha Aggarwal Narain, A.A.G. Mr. Samar Vijay Singh, AOR Mr. Sandeep Singh Somaria, Adv. Mr. Chandan Deep Singh, Adv. Mr. Akash Gupta, Adv. Mr. Akhil Gupta, Adv. Ms. Sabarni Som, Adv. Mr. Fateh Singh, Adv. Ms. Shalini Satyanarayan, Adv..

JUDGMENT :

DIPANKAR DATTA, J.

1. This criminal appeal arises out of Special Leave Petition (Criminal) No. 10653 of 2024, which is at the instance of Satbir Singh,¹[the appellant]. Under challenge therein is the judgment and order dated 7th March, 2024,²[impugned order] passed by a learned Judge of the High Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh. Vide the impugned order, while allowing a revisional application,³[CRR-1357-2021 (O&M)] filed by Rajesh Kumar, Sagar @ Bittoo, Niraj and Ankit (respondents in the said special leave petition), the High Court set aside an order dated 13th September, 2021 passed by the Additional Sessions Judge, Karnal,⁴[Sessions Judge]. The Sessions Judge, by the order impugned in the revisional application, had allowed an application under Section 319 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973,⁵[Cr. PC] filed by the appellant, seeking to summon Rajesh Kumar, Sagar @ Bittoo, Niraj and Ankit as additional accused for facing trial along with the principal accused,⁶[Mukesh], for commission of offences punishable under Sections 323, 324, 307 and 506 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860,⁷[IPC] read with Section 34 thereof as well as Section 25 of the Arms Act.

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