State Of Chhattisgarh v. Dilip Kumar

HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH, BILASPUR Order Sheet CRMP No. 1455 of 2017 State of Chhattisgarh Vs. Dilip Kumar & others 23.08.2018 Mr. Sanjeev Pandey, G.A. for the State/ petitioner. Mr. Vivek Singhal, counsel for respondents No. 1, 2 & 4. Mr. Dev Ashish Biswas, counsel for respondent No. 3. Heard on I.A. No. 01/2017, application for condonation of delay in filing the petition.

For the reasons mentioned in the application and as held by Hon'ble the Apex Court in the matter of State of Haryana Vs. Chandra Mani & others reported in (1996) 3 SCC 132, the delay of 69 days in filing the petition is condoned. Also heard on admission.

Admit.

Also heard on application for granted of leave to appeal filed under Section 378(3) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. Looking to the evidence adduced by the prosecution before the trial court, the case is appearing to be debatable. Hence, the application for grant of leave to appeal is allowed.

Registry is directed to register the case as regular Acquittal Appeal. Call for the record of the court below within four weeks. List the case for final hearing in its due course. Sd/- (Ram Prasanna Sharma) Judge Arun