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Tarun Tejpal v. State Of Goa

Tarun Tejpal v. State Of Goa

(Supreme Court Of India)

Special Leave to Appeal (Criminal) No. 3149-3150 Of 2014 | 01-07-2014

1. Heard learned counsel for the parties to the lis.

2. After going through the facts and circumstances of the case, we direct that the petitioner be released on bail subject to the following conditions:

a) The petitioner shall not directly or indirectly make any inducement, threat or promise to any person acquainted with the facts or the case so as to dissuade him to disclose such facts to the Court or to any other authority.

b) The petitioner shall remain present before the Court on the dates fixed for hearing of the case. If he wants to remain absent, then he shall take prior permission of the Court and in case of unavoidable circumstances for remaining absent, he shall immediately give intimation to the appropriate Court and also to the investigating agency and request that he may be permitted to be present through the counsel.

c) The petitioner will not dispute his identity as the accused in the case.

d) The petitioner shall surrender his passport, if any (if not already surrendered), and in case, he is not a holder of the same, he shall swear to an affidavit to that effect.

e) We reserve liberty to the respondents to make an appropriate application for modification/recalling the order passed by us, if for any reason, the petitioner violates any of the conditions imposed by this Court.

f) The petitioner shall participate in the trial before the Trial Court.

g) The petitioner shall not seek unnecessary adjournments of the trial. We now direct the learned Trial Judge to complete the trial as expeditiously as possible, at any rate, within eight months time from today since the investigating agency has already filed its charge-sheet on 17th February, 2014.


3. In order to facilitate the respondents to make an appropriate application, we intend to keep the matter on board.

4. Ordered accordingly.

Advocate List
  • For the Petitioner Salman Khurshid, Sr. Advocate, Sandeep Kapur, Pramod Dubey, Ravi Sharma, Abhimanyu Bhandari, Veer Inder Pal, Vivek Suri, Niharika Karanjawal, Apoorva Pandey, Laksh Khanna, M/s. Karanjawala & Co., Advocates.
Bench
  • HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE H.L. DATTU
  • HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE S.A. BOBDE
Eq Citations
  • (2015) 14 SCC 481
  • 3 (2014) CCR 267
  • LQ/SC/2014/665
Head Note

Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Ss. 439 and 437 — Bail — Bail granted subject to conditions — Petitioner released on bail subject to conditions that he shall not directly or indirectly make any inducement threat or promise to any person acquainted with the facts or the case so as to dissuade him to disclose such facts to the Court or to any other authority — He shall remain present before the Court on the dates fixed for hearing of the case — He shall not dispute his identity as the accused in the case — He shall surrender his passport if any if not already surrendered and in case he is not a holder of the same he shall swear to an affidavit to that effect — He shall participate in the trial before the Trial Court — He shall not seek unnecessary adjournments of the trial — Trial Judge directed to complete the trial as expeditiously as possible at any rate within eight months time from today since the investigating agency has already filed its chargesheet — Constitution of India, Art. 136