2024 INSC 994
Criminal Appeal @ Special Leave Petition (Crl.) No.10587 of 2023 Page 1 of 14
Reportable
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. OF 2024
(Arising out of Special Leave Petition (Crl.) No.10587 of 2023)
Ayub Khan … Appellant
versus
The State of Rajasthan … Respondent
J U D G M E N T
ABHAY S. OKA, J.
1. Leave granted.
FACTUAL ASPECT
2. The appellant is a District and Sessions Judge of Rajasthan
Judicial Service. The appellant joined the judicial service in the year
1993. The appellant has filed the present appeal for limited purposes
of striking down observations made in the impugned order against him
and for quashing the adverse directions issued against him. The
appellant decided a bail application filed by an accused who was
charged with offences punishable under Section 307 read with Section
34 of the Indian Penal Code (for short, ‘IPC’) and Sections 3, 3/25 and
5/25 of the Arms Act, 1959. The appellant rejected the bail application.
Therefore, the accused filed a bail application before the High Court.
The impugned order has been passed on the bail application. By the
impugned order, bail has been granted to the accused. While granting
bail, adverse observations have been made by the High Court against
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