IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
CRIMINAL APPEAL NO.______/2024 [@ SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION (Criminal) No.2436/2024
ANOOP SINGH Appellant(s)
VERSUS
THE STATE OF RAJASTHAN & ANR. Respondent(s)
O R D E R
Leave granted.
The facts of the case are very peculiar. The First
Information Report for the offences punishable under
Sections 131, 132(3), 135 and 135A of the Representation of
People Act, 1951 and Section 171F of Indian Penal Code,
1860 (for short, ‘the IPC’) was registered. A report under
Section 173(2) of the Code of criminal Procedure, 1973 (For
short, ‘the Cr.P.C’) was submitted on 25th June, 1999 in
which it was stated that there was no material to show
involvement of the present appellant in the crime and the
other accused could not be ascertained during the
investigation. Perhaps on the basis of this report that on
the application made by the appellant, the learned
Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Alwar passed an order
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of discharge against the appellant.
Surprisingly, the Additional Superintendent of Police
reopened the investigation. What followed thereafter is
very interesting. Another final report was filed on 2nd
June, 2003 in which the appellant was shown as an accused.
The cognizance was taken on the basis of the said final
report/charge-sheet. The occasion for the appellant to
move the Hig...