PATNA HIGH COURT
RAJEEV RANJAN PRASAD, SHAILENDRA SINGH, JJ
Selim Sk @ Salim Sheikh @ Selim Sheikh – Appellant
Versus
The Union of India through National Investigation Agency, Ministry of Home Affairs, New Delhi – Respondent
| Table of Content |
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| 1. background of the case and prosecution story. (Para 1 , 3 , 4) |
| 2. arguments presented by appellants and nia. (Para 5 , 7) |
| 3. court's analysis of pleas and sentencing. (Para 8) |
| 4. final determination of appeals. (Para 9) |
(Per: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SHAILENDRA SINGH)
Date : 08-01-2026 As both the appeals have arisen out of the same judgment, hence, they are being decided together by a common judgment.
2. Mr. Pankaj Kumar Sinha, learned counsel for the appellant in Cr. APP(DB) No. 348/2023, Mr. Sanjeev Kumar, learned counsel for the appellant in Cr. APP(DB) No. 754/2025, and Mr. Dr. K. N. Singh, learned Additional Solicitor General (ASG), assisted by Mr. Manoj Kumar Singh and Mr. Arvind Kumar, learned Special Public Prosecutors for the NIA, are present and have been heard.
3. Both the appeals have been preferred against the judgment of conviction dated 22.02.2022, by which both the appellants, along with other co-accused Shahnawaj Shaikh @ Shahnawaj Kasuri @ Shahanoyaj Kasuri, were convicted mainly on the basis of their plea of guilty under Section 229 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (in short, ‘Cr.P.C.’), and the order of sentence dated 25.02.2022, by which both the ap
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