IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
CRIMINAL APPEAL NO.5403 OF 2024 (Arising out of S.L.P.(Criminal) No.10536 of 2023)
SANUJ BANSAL ... APPELLANT(S)
VS.
STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH & ANR. ... RESPONDENT(S)
O R D E R
Leave granted.
Heard the learned counsel appearing for the
parties.
A charge-sheet was filed against the appellant for
the offences punishable under Sections 272, 273 and 304
of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 and Section 60(A) of the
Uttar Pradesh Excise Act. An application for discharge
was made by the appellant before the Trial Court. The
Trial Court rejected the application.
Being aggrieved by the order of rejection of the
discharge application, the appellant preferred a petition
under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973
before the High Court. By the impugned order, the High
Court has rejected the petition.
1
What was challenged before the High Court was an
order of the Trial Court refusing to grant discharge to
the appellant. There were number of statements of the
witnesses recorded which were a part of the charge-sheet.
There were documents which were a part of the charge-
sheet. The High Court has not adverted to a single
statement of the witnesses and other material forming a
part of the charge-sheet. This was not a case for
summary dismissal of the petition filed by the...