ITEM NO.5 COURT NO.12 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). 304/2024
(Arising out of impugned final judgment and order dated 01-08-2023 in MCRLC No. 28261/2023 passed by the High Court Of M.p At Indore)
FOUZI Petitioner(s)
VERSUS
THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH Respondent(s)
(IA No. 265122/2023 – EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT
IA No. 265123/2023 – EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.)

WITH
SLP(Crl) No. 16698/2023 (II-A)
(IA No. 267348/2023 – EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT
IA No. 267350/2023 – EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.)

Date : 29-01-2024 These matters were called on for hearing today.
CORAM :
HON’BLE MRS. JUSTICE B.V. NAGARATHNA
HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE AUGUSTINE GEORGE MASIH
For Petitioner(s) Mr. Sidhant Dhingra, Adv.
Ms. Nidhi Rajoura, Adv.
Mr. Roop Chaudhary, Adv.
Mr. Mandaar Mukesh Giri, Adv.
Mr. Sudhir Naagar, AOR

Mr. Raman Yadav, Adv.
Mr. Vivek Mishra, Adv.
Ms. Monika Diwedi, Adv.
Mr. R.S Yadav, Adv.
Mr. Priyam Kaushik, Adv.
Ms. Aakriti Chaturvedi, Adv.
Mr. Harshith Pottangi, Adv.
Mr. Sharad Chauhan, AOR

For Respondent(s) Mr. Pashupathi Nath Razdan, AOR
Ms. Maitreyee Jagat Joshi, Adv.
Mr. Astik Gupta, Adv.
Ms. Akanksha Tomar, Adv.
Mr. Argha Roy, Adv.

contd..

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UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following
O R D E R
SLP(Crl) No. 304/2024
We have heard learned counsel for the respective parties. Learned counsel for the respondent/State submitted that the trial is in progress and out of 10 witnesses, 3 witnesses have already been examined and if this Court were to direct early expeditious conclusion of the trial, no prejudice would be caused to the petitioner here inasmuch as having regard to the allegations against the petitioner as well as the other co-accused, who are also in custody, no case is made out for release of the petitioner herein on bail.

Having considered the submissions of the learned counsel for the respective parties, we are not inclined to grant the prayer sought for by the petitioner herein. However, we direct the Trial Court to conclude the trial within a period of six months from today.

The Special Leave Petition is dismissed with the aforesaid observations.
Pending application(s) shall stand disposed of. SLP(Crl) No. 16698/2023
We have heard learned counsel for the respective parties. Since, the petitioner in this case is also one of the co- accused in the very same FIR No.427/2019, having regard to order passed in SLP (Crl) No. 304/2024, we are not inclined to grant the
prayer sought for by the petitioner herein in this case also.
The Special Leave Petition is dismissed. However, the direction issued in the aforesaid case shall also follow in this case.
Pending application(s) shall stand disposed of.
(NEETU SACHDEVA) (MALEKAR NAGARAJ)
ASTT. REGISTRAR-cum-PS COURT MASTER (NSH)