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2023 Supreme(SC) 541

AJAY RASTOGI, BELA M. TRIVEDI
Chanchalpati Das – Appellant
Versus
State of West Bengal – Respondent


Advocates appeared:
For the parties : Mr. Shyam Divan, Sr. Adv. Mr. Jaideep Gupta, Sr. Adv. Mr. Kartik Seth, Adv. Mrs. Shriya Gilhotra, Adv. Mr. Tarun Mehra, Adv. Ms. Aakriti Vikas, Adv. For M/S. Chambers Of Kartik Seth, AOR Mr. Krishnan Venugopal, Sr. Adv. Mr. Prashant Bhushan, Adv. Mr. Kuriakose Varghese, Adv. Mr. V Shyamohan, Adv. Ms. Aishwarya Hariharan, Adv. Mr. Martin George, Adv. Ms. B. Vijayalakshmi Menon, AOR Mr. Soumya Chakraborty, Sr. Adv. Mr. Sanjeev Kaushik, Adv. Ms. Mantika Haryani, Adv. Mr. Shreyas Awasthi, Adv. Mr. Somipam Mc, Adv. Ms. Muskan Surana, Adv. Ms. Astha Sharma, AOR Mr. Kuriakose Varghese, Adv. Mr. V. Shyamohan, Adv. Ms. Sradhaxna Mudhrika, Adv. Mr. Martin G George, Adv. For M/S. Kmnp Law Aor, AOR

JUDGMENT :

Bela M. Trivedi, J.

1. Leave granted.

2. Both the appeals arise out of the common judgment and order dated 22.03.2017 passed by the High Court at Kolkata in CRR No. 1490 of 2013 and CRR. No. 3307 of 2013 whereby the High Court has dismissed both the Criminal Revision Applications seeking quashing of the charge-sheet filed against the appellants-accused, in respect of the FIR no. 33 of 2009 registered at Ballygunge Police Station, for the offences under Sections 468, 471, 406 and 120-B of IPC. As transpiring from the record, the appellant Madhu Pandit Das (accused no.1) is the President of ISKCON, Bengaluru since 1984 and the appellant Chanchalpati Das (accused no. 2) is the Vice President of ISKCON, Bengaluru since 1985. Both of them claim to be the global spiritual leaders and humanitarians. According to the appellants, the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), Bengaluru, is a society registered in 1978 under the Karnataka Societies Registration Act, 1960.

3. As per the case of the respondent-complainant on 30.09.2006, a letter in the form of complaint was addressed to the officer in charge, Ballygunge Police Station, Kolkata, by the General Manager, ISK


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