Supreme Court of India · [1995] SUPP. 3 S.C.R. 456

State Of M.p. v. Suresh Gupta And Anr.

Decided
8 September 1995
Neutral citation
1995 INSC 551
Bench
K. RAMASWAMY, B.L. HANSARIA
Outcome
Disposed off

STATE OF M.P. v. SURESH GUPTA AND ANR. SEPTEMBER 8, 1995

[K. RAMASWAMY AND B.L. HANSARIA, JJ.)

Oiminal Appeal-Pending cases-Disposal by Cowts below-Directions regarding.

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Regarding certain matters pending between the parties; Disposing the appeal, this Court

HELD : The Courts below are free to dispose of all the pending or connected matters between the parties on their merits without being influenced by any of the findings and observations made by the High Court in the impugned order. (457-B] CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION Nos. 1085-86 of 1995.

Criminal Appeal

From the Judgment and Order dated 5.5.95 & 27.4.95 of the Madhya Pradesh High Court in W.P. Nos. 671 & 596 of 1995. P.P. Rao, Uma Nath Singh for the Appellant.

U.R. Lalit and D.D. Thakur, B.K. Satija, Vipin Gogia, S.K. Jain A.P. Dhamija, P.R. Jain, Vivek Gambhir, Anil Kumar S.K. Gambhir and K. G. Maheshwari for the Respondents. The following Order of the Court was delivered : Leave granted.

We have heard learned counsel for the parties. The respondent, Sadhvi Rithambara, has already been released. It is stated by Shri D.D. Thakur, learned senior counsel for the respondent, that the State would be free to proceed with the pending matters, i.e., not only concerned F.I.R. but also the other connected matters between the parties. The courts below would proceed and decide the cases uninfluenced by any of the findings

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STATE v. S. GUPTA and observations made by the High Court in the impugned order and purely based on the merits of the case. Shri P.P. Rao, learned senior counsel for the appellant, has very fairly agreed for this suggestion. In view of the above very fair stand taken by both the counsel, we reiterate that the courts below are free to dispose of all the pending or connected matters between the parties on their merits without being influenced by any of the findings and observations made by the High Court in the impugned order.

The appeal is disposed of accordingly. T.N.A.

Appeal disposed of.

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