Authority: Supreme Court of India

Order Date: 16-07-2026

Case Overview

  • Petition for Special Leave to Appeal (Criminal) No.12376/2026 filed by XYZ against the State of Chhattisgarh, arising from the impugned final judgment and order dated 10‑04‑2026 in MCRCA No.534/2026 passed by the High Court of Chhattisgarh, Bilaspur.
  • The petition also includes IA No.195321/2026 (exemption from filing C/C of the impugned judgment) and IA No.195325/2026 (exemption from filing O.T.).
  • The matter was listed before a two‑judge bench comprising Hon’ble Mr. Justice Aravind Kumar and Hon’ble Mr. Justice Vipul M. Pancholi. Counsel for the petitioner were Mr. Shantanu Krishna, Mr. Prabhat Ranjan Raj, Ms. Vaishnavi Srivastava, Mr. Archit Mandhyan, Mr. Arjit Tiwari, and Mr. Anant Prakash; counsel for the respondent was Vinayak Sharma.

Order

1. Issue notice to the parties.

2. The SLP shall be “tag‑along” with SLP (Criminal) No.10256/2026.

3. Interim protection is granted to the petitioner, prohibiting any coercive steps against him until the next hearing, provided he cooperates with the investigation.

4. The petitioner must appear and mark his attendance twice a week – every Monday and Thursday between 11:00 a.m. and 02:00 p.m. – before the Station House Officer of the jurisdictional police station.

Final Outcome

  • The Supreme Court has ordered interim protection for XYZ, conditioned on regular attendance before the police, and linked the petition with an existing SLP, with further proceedings to continue on a later date.

Topics: Legal Proceedings, Interim Relief