Supreme Court of India

Sanjay Dubey v. The State of Madhya Pradesh and Another

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Reported as [2023] 4 S.C.R. 939
Bench Krishna Murari and Ahsanuddin Amanullah JJ.
Decided 11 May 2023

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2 Supreme Court benches have cited this judgment.

What the Court ordered

We are of the view that the learned Single Bench could have directed institution of separate proceedings taking recourse t o Article 226 of the Constitution, after formulating reasons and points for consideration.

Judgment, page 6

From the headnote

Constitution of India – Articles 226, 227 – Power o f High Court to issue additional directions/orders in bail pleas – IR was filed against accused u/ss.376, 506, IPC; POCSO Act , SCST Act and IT Act –FSL Report was forwarded to the appella nt- Inspectorwith a note that DNA examination as per gu idelines be undertaken however, the DNA examination was not carr ied out – In the meantime, the accused filed his bail plea – High Courtc alled for the case-diary, but the FSL Report was not included therew ith – Appellant was found guilty of dereliction of dutyan d direction wasissued for holding

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 1 referred to · 1 mentioned

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