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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
Versus
STATE OF MAHARASHTRA & ANR. – Respondent
Petition(s) for Special Leave to Appeal (Crl.) No. 278/2025 | SLP(Crl) No. 5035/2025 | SLP(Crl) No. 4555/2025
Important Points
Subject
Criminal Law - Special Leave Petition
Headnote
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.
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| 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 disposed of. (NARENDRA PRASAD) (ANJU KAPOOR)
