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SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
VINAY JAIN – Appellant
Versus
THE STATE OF CHHATTISGARH – Respondent
SLP(Crl) No.-009716 / 2021 14-12-2022



Advocates:
ANAND SHANKAR JHA

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ITEM NO.10               COURT NO.11               SECTION II­C

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

                       RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS

 Petition for Special Leave to Appeal (Crl.)  No.9716/2021

(Arising out of impugned final judgment and order dated  23­07­2021

in MCRCA No. 679/2021 passed by the High Court of Chhattisgarh at

Bilaspur)

VINAY JAIN                                         Petitioner(s)

                                VERSUS

THE STATE OF CHHATTISGARH                          Respondent(s)

(IA No. 43206/2022 ­ APPLICATION FOR PERMISSION, IA No. 163662/2021

­   EXEMPTION   FROM   FILING   C/C   OF   THE   IMPUGNED   JUDGMENT,   IA

No. 163663/2021 ­ EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T., IA No. 8957/2022 –

INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT &  IA No. 135071/2022 ­ PERMISSION TO FILE

ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES)

 

WITH

SLP(Crl) No. 9776/2021 (II­C)

(FOR   EXEMPTION   FROM   FILING   C/C   OF   THE   IMPUGNED   JUDGMENT   ON   IA

164310/2021, FOR EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. ON IA 164311/2021 &

FOR

 

impleading

 

party

 

ON

 

IA

 

8961/2022

 

FOR INTERVENTION/ IMPLEADMENT ON IA 8961/2022)

 

Date : 14­12­2022 These matters were called on for hearing today.

CORAM : 

         HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SURYA KANT

         HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE J.B. PARDIWALA

For Petitioner(s)

                    Mr. Anand Shankar Jha, AOR   

Ms. Meenakshi G. Sharma, Adv.

For Respondent(s)

Mr. Gaurav Arora, Adv.

                    Mr. Sumeer Sodhi, AOR                    

Mr. Gaurav Agrawal, Adv.

Mr. Siddhartha Shukla, Adv.

Digitally signed by

VISHAL ANAND

Date: 2022.12.19

10:55:15 IST

Reason:

Signature Not Verified

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         UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following

                             O R D E R

Special Leave Petition (Crl.) No.9716/2021:­

Taking   into   consideration   the   averments   made   in   the

application seeking impleadment, the said application is allowed

and   M/s.   Sanman   Cinema   Private   Limited   is   impleaded   as   a   party

Respondent.

Cause title be amended accordingly.

The   petitioner   and   the   complainant   (Vikas   Bohra),   both

are/were   Directors   of   M/s.   Sanman   Cinema   Private   Limited.   The

petitioner under his signatures issued a cheque of Rs.10,00,000/­

(Rupees Ten lakhs only) in favour of one Smt. Sashi Bafna. As the

cheque was dishonored, Smt. Sashi Bafna had filed a complaint under

Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 against the

petitioner as well as the complainant, both being the Directors of

the Company.

It is in this backdrop that the complainant (Vikas Bohra) has

lodged FIR No.4/2020 against the petitioner under Sections 406 and

420 of the Indian Penal Code for allegedly misusing the name of the

company and cheating the other directors.

The petitioner has, in compliance to Order dated 07­01­2022,

deposited a sum of Rs.10,00,000/­ (Rupees Ten lakhs only) with the

Registry of this Court and subject thereto, he was granted interim

protection against arrest.

Learned counsel for the petitioner states that he has joined

the investigation and shall continue to cooperate with the ongoing

investigation.

In the light of the above­stated facts, we confirm the interim

Order   dated   07­01­2022,   subject   to   the   condition   that   the

petitioner   shall   appear   before   the   investigating   officer   as   and

when   required   and   shall   fully   cooperate   with   the   ongoing

investigation. 

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The Registry is further directed to transfer the amount of

Rs.10,00,000/­ (Rupees Ten lakhs only) deposited by the petitioner,

along   with   accrued   interest   thereon,   to   the   Court   of   Judicial

Magistrate, First Class at Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. 

The said Court is directed to release the subject amount in

favour of Smt. Sashi Bafna, however, without prejudice to the legal

rights of the parties.

On   receipt   of   this   amount,   Smt.   Sashi   Bafna   may   consider

whether she would withdraw her complaint under Secti

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