IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA

SLP (Crl.) No. 4634 of 2014, SLP (C) Nos. 28394 of 2011, 28922 of 2011, 29273 of 2011, SLP (Crl.) No. ... of 2022 (Arising out of Dairy No. 41063 of 2015), SLP (Crl.) Nos. 9987 of 2015, 10018 of 2015, 10019 of 2015, 993 of 2016, Transfer Petition (Criminal) Nos. 150 of 2016, 151-157 of 2016, Writ Petition (Criminal) No. 152 of 2016, SLP (Crl.) Nos. 11839 of 2019, 2890 of 2017, 5487 of 2017, Criminal Appeal No. 1269 of 2017, 1270 of 2017, 1271-1272 of 2017, Writ Petition (Criminal) No. 202 of 2017, SLP (Crl.) No. ... of 2022 (Arising out of Dairy No. 9360 of 2018), SLP (Crl.) No. ... of 2022 (Arising out of Dairy No. 9365 of 2018), SLP (Crl.) No. ... of 2022 (Arising out of Dairy No. 17000 of 2018), SLP (Crl.) No. ... of 2022 (Arising out of Dairy No. 17462 of 2018), SLP (Crl.) No. ... of 2022 (Arising out of Dairy No. 20250 of 2018), SLP (Crl.) No. ... of 2022 (Arising out of Dairy No. 22529 of 2018), SLP (Crl.) Nos. 1534 of 2018, 1701-1703 of 2018, 1705 of 2018, 2971 of 2018, 4078 of 2018, 5444 of 2018, 6922 of 2018, 7408 of 2018, 8156 of 2018, 11049 of 2018, Criminal Appeal Nos. 223 of 2018, 391-392 of 2018, 793-794 of 2018, 1114 of 2018, 1115 of 2018, 1210 of 2018, Writ Petition (Criminal) Nos. 26 of 2018, 33 of 2018, 75 of 2018, 117 of 2018, 173 of 2018, 175 of 2018, 184 of 2018, 226 of 2018, 251 of 2018, 309 of 2018, 333 of 2018, 336 of 2018, Transferred Case (Criminal) Nos. 3 of 2018, 4 of 2018, 5 of 2018, Transfer Petition (Civil) No. 1583 of 2018, SLP (Crl.) Nos. 244 of 2019, 3647 of 2019, 4322-4324 of 2019, 4546 of 2019, 5153 of 2019, 5350 of 2019, 6834 of 2019, 8111 of 2019, 8174 of 2019, 9541 of 2019, 9652 of 2019, 10627 of 2019, Writ Petition (Criminal) Nos. 9 of 2019, 16 of 2019, 49 of 2019, 118 of 2019, 119 of 2019, 122 of 2019, 127 of 2019, 139 of 2019, 147 of 2019, 173 of 2019, 205 of 2019, 212 of 2019, 217 of 2019, 239 of 2019, 244 of 2019, 253 of 2019, 261 of 2019, 263 of 2019, 266 of 2019, 267 of 2019, 272 of 2019, 273 of 2019, 283 of 2019, 285 of 2019, 286 of 2019, 287 of 2019, 288 of 2019, 289 of 2019, 298 of 2019, 299 of 2019, 300 of 2019, 303 of 2019, 305 of 2019, 306 of 2019, 308 of 2019, 309 of 2019, 313 of 2019, 326 of 2019, 346 of 2019, 365 of 2019, 367 of 2019, Criminal Appeal No. 682 of 2019, SLP (Crl.) Nos. 647 of 2020, 260 of 2020, 618 of 2020, 1732 of 2020, 2023 of 2020, 2814 of 2020, 3366 of 2020, 3474 of 2020, 5536 of 2020, 6128 of 2020, 6172 of 2020, 6303 of 2020, 6456 of 2020, 6660 of 2020, Writ Petition (Criminal) Nos. 5 of 2020, 9 of 2020, 28 of 2020, 35 of 2020, 36 of 2020, 39 of 2020, 49 of 2020, 52 of 2020, 60 of 2020, 61 of 2020, 89 of 2020, 90 of 2020, 91 of 2020, 93 of 2020, 124 of 2020, 137 of 2020, 140 of 2020, 142 of 2020, 145 of 2020, 169 of 2020, 184 of 2020, 221 of 2020, 223 of 2020, 228 of 2020, 239 of 2020, 240 of 2020, 259 of 2020, 267 of 2020, 285 of 2020, 286 of 2020, 311 of 2020, 329 of 2020, 366 of 2020, 380 of 2020, 385 of 2020, 387 of 2020, 404 of 2020, 410 of 2020, 411 of 2020, 429 of 2020, Writ Petition (Civil) No. 1401 of 2020, SLP (Crl.) No. ... of 2022 (Arising out of Dairy No. 8626 of 2021), SLP (Crl.) No. ... of 2022 (Arising out of Dairy No. 31616 of 2021), SLP (Crl.) No. ... of 2022 (Arising out of Dairy No. 11605 of 2021), SLP (Crl.) Nos. 609 of 2021, 734 of 2021, 1031 of 2021, 1072 of 2021, 1073 of 2021, 1107 of 2021, 1355 of 2021, 1440 of 2021, 1403 of 2021, 1586 of 2021, 1855 of 2021, 1920 of 2021, 2050-2054 of 2021, 2237 of 2021, 2250 of 2021, 2435 of 2021, 2818 of 2021, 3228 of 2021, 3274 of 2021, 3439 of 2021, 3514 of 2021, 3629 of 2021, 3769 of 2021, 3813 of 2021, 3921 of 2021, 4024 of 2021, 4834 of 2021, 5156 of 2021, 5174 of 2021, 5252 of 2021, 5457 of 2021, 5652 of 2021, 5696-5697 of 2021, 6189 of 2021, 6338 of 2021, 6847 of 2021, 7021-7023 of 2021, 8429 of 2021, SLP (C) Nos. 8764-8767 of 2021, 20310 of 2021, Transfer Petition (Criminal) No. 435 of 2021, Writ Petition (Civil) No. 56 of 2021, Writ Petition (Criminal) Nos. 4 of 2021, 6 of 2021, 11 of 2021, 18 of 2021, 19 of 2021, 21 of 2021, 27 of 2021, 33 of 2021, 40 of 2021, 47 of 2021, 66 of 2021, 69 of 2021, 144 of 2021, 179 of 2021, 199 of 2021, 207 of 2021, 239 of 2021, 263 of 2021, 268 of 2021, 282 of 2021, 301 of 2021, 323 of 2021, 359 of 2021, 370 of 2021, 303 of 2021, 305 of 2021, 453 of 2021, 454 of 2021, 475 of 2021, 520 of 2021 and 532 of 2021

Decided On: 27.07.2022

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