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J.Vivekanandhan, v. Union of India, Rep by Deputy Superintendent of Police

Madras HC14 Aug 2025CRL OP/22804/2025

Case brief

AI extract

What is this about?

NIA special court - Section 207 CrPC - electronic records: perusal/access granted (Sl.Nos.1 to 23) by order dated 13.11.2024 - accused sought copies of documents beyond the prayer - scope of prayer under S.207 CrPC cannot be enlarged/improved - petition under S.482 CrPC r/w S.528 BNSS challenging Special Court order dismissed - Union of India / NIA Chennai respondent - Madras High Court, 14.08.2025.

What did the court decide?

The petitioner cannot improve or enlarge the scope of the prayer made in the petition under Section 207 Cr.P.C.; having prayed for and obtained perusal and access of the electronic records in Sl.Nos.1 to 23, he cannot now seek copies of those documents. ¶19

J.Vivekanandhan, Vs Union of India, Rep by Deputy Superintendent of Police — Madras HC (2025) — LawSathi Research

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Crl.O.P.No.22804 of 2025

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

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DATED : 14.08.2025

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CORAM :

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THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE M.S.RAMESH AND THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE V.LAKSHMINARAYANAN

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Crl.O.P.No.22804 of 2025

J.Vivekanandhan

...Petitioner

Vs.

Union of India, Rep. By Deputy Superintendent of Police, National Investigation Agency, Chennai Branch. ...Respondent

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Prayer: Petition filed under Section 482 Cr.P.C. r/w. Section 528 of BNSS praying, to call for the records in Crl.M.P.No.2223 of 2024 on the file of the Special Court under the National Investigation Agency Act, 2008 and set aside the same and consequently, direct the Sessins Judge.

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F or Petitioner : Mr.R.Sankarasubbu For Respondent : Mr.R.Karthikeyan, Special Public Prosecutor

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https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis

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Crl.O.P.No.22804 of 2025

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ORDER

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(Order of the Court was made by M.S.RAMESH, J. )

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The prayer made by the petitioner before the Special Court under the National Investigation Agency Act, 2008 in the petition filed under Section 207 Cr.P.C., is to peruse and access the electronic records produced before the Court, which application came to be allowed by the Special Court through an order dated 13.11.2024. In the said order, the Special Court had permitted the petitioner to peruse and access the electronic records in Sl.Nos.1 to 23, which is precisely the prayer sought for by the petitioner.

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The learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the petitioner requires the copies of the documents in Sl.Nos.1 to 23, which was not in the prayer before the Special Court. While that being so, we fail to understand as to how he can now improve the scope of the prayer in the petition under Section 207 Cr.P.C.

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