Appt. in bail petition for delay in forensic opinion on suicide note. Court directed Collector to submit opinion within four weeks and disposed of application as withdrawn without examining merits.
Direction to Chief Examiner of Documents to furnish opinion within four weeks; bail application disposed as withdrawn.
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
CRIMINAL BAIL APPLICATION NO. 2341 OF 2018
Praveen Singh and another
.....Applicants
V/s.
The Senior Inspector of Police and another
.....Respondents
Mr. Rizwan Merchant a/w Mr. Akshay Bafna i/b Rizwan Merchant & Associates for the Applicants Mr. S. I. Agarkar APP for the State
CORAM : NITIN W. SAMBRE, J.
DATE : 19th NOVEMBER, 2018.
P.C.
Both these Applicants who are charge-sheeted in Crime no. 240 of
2018 for offence punishable under Sections 306, 420 r/w 34 of the Indian
Penal Code are arrested on 09th and 11th of June 2018.
Examiner of Documents, State Government is pending since July 2018 wherein the opinion is sought on the suicide note which was seized in the crime in question.
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3 In the aforesaid background, it will be appropriate in my opinion to direct the Chief Examiner of Documents, Crime Investigation Department, Government of Maharashtra, Pune to furnish the opinion as was sought in crime no. 240 of 2018 registered with Mahatma Phule Chowk Police Station, Kalyan, District: Thane, within period of four weeks from the date of production of this order by the Investigating Officer. The Investigating Officer shall collect the said opinion and file supplementary charge-sheet within period of two weeks from the date of receipt of such opinion.
4 In the above background, the Application stands disposed of as withdrawn. It is clarified that this Court has not examined the merits of the matter and it will be open for the Applicants to apply afresh before the learned Sessions Court in view of the aforesaid change in the circumstances.
[NITIN W. SAMBRE, J.]
Praveen Singh
Other Applicant
The Senior Inspector of Police
Other Respondent
Nitin W. Sambre
As recorded by the court registry
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