ITEM NO.12 COURT NO.15 SECTION II-A

S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A

RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS

Petition(s) for Special Leave to Appeal (Crl.) No.5300/2023

(Arising out of impugned final judgment and order dated 29-11-2022

in CRLM No. 19007/2022 passed by the High Court of Judicature at

Patna)

RAKESH KUMAR Petitioner(s)

VERSUS

THE STATE OF BIHAR Respondent(s)

(IA No. 69835/2023 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.)

Date : 13-09-2023 These matters were called on for hearing today.

CORAM :

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE C.T. RAVIKUMAR

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR

For Petitioner(s)

Mr. Himanshu Bhushan, AOR

For Respondent(s) Mr. Anshul Narayan, Adv.

Mr. Prem Prakash, AOR

UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following

O R D E R

Taking note of the fact that the defecto complainant was heard

by the High Court while passing the impugned order, we suo motu

implead the defecto complainant as a party to this Special Leave

Petition viz.,