IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
CRIMINAL APPEAL No. OF 2024
(Arising out of SLP(Criminal) No.14523 of 2023)
BRIJNANDAN YADAV …APPELLANT(s)
VERSUS
STATE OF M.P. …RESPONDENT(S)
O R D E R
1. Leave granted.
2. The present appeal arises out of the impugned order dated 01.03.2023 passed by the High Court of Madhya Pradesh at Jabalpur in I.A. No.2822 of 2023 in Criminal Appeal No.430 of 2016, whereby the High Court has declined to grant bail to the appellant pending the appeal.
3. It is not disputed that the appellant has undergone actual period of 14 years of sentence, without remission. It is submitted by the learned counsel for the appellant that the appeal is not likely to be heard in the near future.
4. Having regard to the said submissions and since the appellant has already undergone substantial sentence of about 14 years, we are inclined to accept the present appeal. The appellant shall be released on bail, pending the appeal before the High Court subject to the conditions that may be imposed by the Trial Court.
5. The Criminal Appeal stands allowed accordingly.
6. Pending application(s), if any, shall stand disposed
of.
………………….J.
(BELA M. TRIVEDI)
………………….J.
(PANKAJ MITHAL)
NEW DELHI;
27 TH
FEBRUARY, 2024.
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ITEM NO.26 COURT NO.15 SECTION II-A
S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A
RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS
Petition(s) for Special Leave to Appeal (Crl.) No(s).14523/2023
(Arising out of impugned final judgment and order dated 01-03-2023
in IA No.2822/2023 passed by the High Court of M.P. Principal Seat
at Jabalpur)
BRIJNANDAN YADAV Petitioner(s)
VERSUS
STATE OF M.P. Respondent(s)
(IA No. 217397/2023 – EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED
JUDGMENT AND IA No. 217398/2023 – EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.)

Date : 27-02-2024 This matter was called on for hearing today.
CORAM : HON’BLE MS. JUSTICE BELA M. TRIVEDI
HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE PANKAJ MITHAL
For Petitioner(s) Mr. Krishna Pal Singh, AOR
Ms. Anvita Aprajita, Adv.
Mr. Mohan Singh Bais, Adv.
Mr. Seemab Qayyum, Adv.

For Respondent(s) Mr. Sunny Choudhary, AOR
Mr. Abhimanyu Singh Ga, Adv.

UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following
O R D E R
1. Leave granted.
2. In terms of the signed order, the Criminal Appeal is
allowed.
3. Pending application(s), if any, shall stand disposed
of.
(RAVI ARORA) (MAMTA RAWAT)
COURT MASTER (SH) COURT MASTER (NSH)
(signed order is placed on the file)
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