Supreme Court of India

Sanjay Dubey v. The State of Madhya Pradesh and Another

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Bench Krishna Murari and Ahsanuddin Amanullah JJ.
Decided 11 May 2023

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3 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 to 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 of High Court to issue additional directions/orders in bail pleas – FIR was filed against accused u/ss.376, 506, IPC; POCSO Act, SCST Act and IT Act –FSL Report was forwarded to the appellant- Inspectorwith a note that DNA examination as per guidelines be undertaken however, the DNA examination was not carried out – In the meantime, the accused filed his bail plea – High Courtcalled for the case-diary, but the FSL Report was not included therewith – Appellant was found guilty of dereliction of dutyand direction wasissued for holding…

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 1 referred to · 2 mentioned

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