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REPORTABLE

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA

CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION

CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 141 OF 2015

[Arising out of S.L.P. (Crl.) No.6449 of 2014)

MANIK TANEJA & ANR.

... Appellants

vs.

STATE OF KARNATKA & ANR. ...Respondents

J U D G M E N T

R. BANUMATHI, J.

Leave granted.

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This appeal by Special Leave arises out of the judgment

dated 24.04.2014 passed by the Karnataka High Court in Criminal

Petition No.252 of 2014, in and by which, the High Court, while

dismissing the petition, held that the petition is premature and the

same is filed even before the completion of the investigation.

3.

Brief facts which led to the filing of this appeal are as

under:- The appellant No.1 and his wife Sakshi Jawa met with an

accident with an auto rickshaw on 13.06.2013 at about 10.30 in the

morning, while Sakshi Jawa was driving Maruti SX4

Digitally signed by

Vinod Kumar

Date: 2015.01.20

17:19:27 IST

Reason:

Signature Not Verified

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KA-03-MM-8646. One of the passengers, who was travelling by the

auto, namely Mrs. Laxmi Ganapati, sustained injuries and she was

duly admitted in the Santosh Hospital for treatment. S