Supreme Court of India

Md Imran @d.c. Guddu v. The State of Jharkhand

Neutral citation
Reported as [2026] 2 S.C.R. 139
Bench J.B. Pardiwala and K.V. Viswanathan JJ.
Decided 7 January 2026

INSC stands for INDIAN SUPREME COURT. A neutral citation scheme assigned by the Court itself, so a judgment can be cited without depending on a commercial law reporter. INSC is the neutral citation scheme assigned by the Supreme Court, so a judgment can be cited without depending on a commercial law reporter.

What the Court ordered

In the result, the appeal filed by MD Imran @ D.C Guddu stands allowed and the appeal filed by the State of Jharkhand stands dismissed.

Judgment, page 5

From the headnote

Issue for Consideration Issue arose whether the accused added during trial u/s.319 CrPC, entitled to bail. Headnotes† Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 – s.319 – Power to proceed against other persons appearing to be guilty – FIR registered against nine accused persons, however chargesheet filed only against three accused persons, whereas the closure report filed as regards the remaining six co-accused – On basis of the oral evidence of the eye-witnesses, application u/s.319 filed by the first informant before the trial court seeking that the six co-accused dropped by the police to be added

Sign in free to read it

  • The full judgment, page by page, as published in the Supreme Court Reports
  • The ratio: what the Court held, verbatim, with the page it sits on
  • Every bench that relied on it, and every bench that argued against it
  • Search every reported judgment, by party, citation or question
  • Download the PDF, copy pinpoint citations ready for a filing
Sign in to read - for free

An email address, no password.