NARESH JAGUMAL KARDA vs STATE OF MAHARASHTRA & ANR.

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2025 Supreme(Online)(SC) 4193

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE, CJ, HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AUGUSTINE GEORGE MASIH, J, HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE A.S. CHANDURKAR, J
NARESH JAGUMAL KARDA – Appellant
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STATE OF MAHARASHTRA & ANR. – Respondent

Advocates:
For the Appellants/Petitioners: Mr. Dama Sheshadri Naidu, Sr. Adv., Mr. Prasouk Jain, Adv., Ms. Rabiya Thakur, Adv., Mr. Karna Sinha, Adv., Mr. Anurag Sharma, Adv., Mr. Deepak Sharma, Adv., Mr. Rohan Batra, AOR, Mr. Anand Dilip Landge, AOR, Ms. Kranti Bhosale, Adv., Mrs. Sangeeta Nenwani, Adv., Ms. Revati P. Kharde, Adv., Mr. Sumit Kumar, Adv., Mr. Rahul Prakash Pathak, Adv.
For the Respondents: Mr. Siddharth Bhatnagar, Sr. Adv., Mr. Kamlesh Ghumre, Adv., Ms. Jaikriti S. Jadeja, AOR, Mr. Shivang Goel, Adv., Mr. Ishaan Aggarwal, Adv., Mr. Devvrat Singh, Adv., Mrs. Sangita Yadav, Adv., Dr. Sumant Bharadwaj, Adv., Mr. Vedant Bharadwaj, Adv., Mrs. Pooja Gupta, Adv., Mr. Rohan Batra, AOR, Mr. Aaditya Aniruddha Pande, AOR, Mr. Siddharth Dharmadhikari, Adv., Mr. Bharat Bagla, Adv., Mr. Sourav Singh, Adv., Mr. Aditya Krishna, Adv., Mr. Adarsh Dubey, Adv., Mr. Anand Dilip Landge, AOR, Mr. Kailas More, AOR, Ms. Nirmala D. Borade, Adv., Mrs. Kranti Bhosale, Adv.

Table of Content
1. petitioner's request for protection during investigation. (Para 1 , 2)
2. court's order to make prior interim protection absolute. (Para 3)
3. dismissal of other pending applications. (Para 4)

UPON hearing the counsel, the Court made the following

O R D E R

SLP(Crl) No . 278/2025 & SLP(Crl) No. 341/202 5

1. This Court vide order dated 15.01.2025 has granted interim protection to the petitioner.

2. Though Mr. Aaditya Aniruddha Pande, learned counsel for the respondent/State vehemently opposes the petitions, fairly concedes that the petitioner has joined the investigation. He further submits that the charge-sheet is yet to be filed and the petitioner should be directed to cooperate with the investigation, till the filing of the charge-sheet.

3. Taking into consideration the facts and circumstances of the case, the special leave petitions are disposed of by making the order passed by this Court on 15.01.2025 absolute.

4. Pending application(s), if any, shall stand disposed of.

SLP(Crl) No. 5035/2025 & SLP(Crl) No. 4555/2025

1. We are not inclined to entertain these petitions. The special leave petitions are, accordingly, dismissed.

2. Pending application(s), if any, shall stand

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2025 Supreme(Online)(SC) 4193

SUPREME COURT OF INDIAHON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE, CJ, HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AUGUSTINE GEORGE MASIH, J, HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE A.S. CHANDURKAR, JNARESH JAGUMAL KARDA – AppellantVersusSTATE OF MAHARASHTRA & ANR. – Respondent

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE, CJ, HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AUGUSTINE GEORGE MASIH, J, HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE A.S. CHANDURKAR, J
NARESH JAGUMAL KARDA – Appellant
Versus
STATE OF MAHARASHTRA & ANR. – Respondent