Supreme Court of India

Girish Sharma & Ors. v. The State of Chhattisgarh & Ors.

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Reported as [2017] 7 S.C.R. 582
Bench Adarsh Kumar Goel and Uday Umesh Lalit JJ.
Decided 23 August 2017

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What the Court ordered

Accordingly we set aside the impugned order and remand the matter to the High Court for dealing with the matter afresh in accordance with law.

Judgment, page 5

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Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 - ss.161, 164, 306 - Allegation of corruption - Charge sheet against persons including senior officers of State undertaking - During investigation, statements of appellants were recorded under s.161 and 164 - Appellants were not arrayed as accused but were cited as witness in the charge sheet -After court took cognizance against the accused named in the chargesheet, some of the accused made applications ulss.1931319 to summon these three persons as accused- Trial court rejected the application, however, High Court summoned appellants as accused - High. Court

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