Khemraj Gupta vs State Of Chhattisgarh on 21 April, 2026

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Khemraj Gupta vs State Of Chhattisgarh on 21 April, 2026

                                                                           SLP(Crl.) No. 7036/2026

     ITEM NO.189                                COURT NO.12                  SECTION II-C

                                   S U P R E M E C O U R T O F      I N D I A
                                           RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS

                         Petition for Special Leave to Appeal (Crl.) No. 7036/2026

     [Arising out of impugned final judgment and order dated 03-03-2026
     in MCRCA No. 315/2026 passed by the High Court of Chhattisgarh at
     Bilaspur]

     KHEMRAJ GUPTA                                                       Petitioner(s)

                                                    VERSUS

     STATE OF CHHATTISGARH                                               Respondent(s)

     (FOR ADMISSION and IA No. 119146/2026 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.)

     Date : 21-04-2026 This matter was called on for hearing today.

     CORAM :
                             HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR
                             HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE K. VINOD CHANDRAN

     For Petitioner(s) :
                                       Mr. Rishi K. Awasthi, Adv.
                                       Mr. Piyush Vatsa, Adv.
                                       Mr. Amit V. Awasthi, Adv.
                                       Mr. Ishaan Raj, Adv.
                                       Mr. Rahul K. Gupta, Adv.
                                       Mr. Antariksh Singh, Adv.
                                       Mr. Punit Vinay, AOR
     For Respondent(s) :
                                       Ms. Ankita Sharma, Adv./AOR
                                       Mr. Arjun D. Singh, Adv.
                                       Ms. Ishika Neogi, Adv.
                                       Ms. Divya Tripathi, Adv.

                              UPON hearing the counsel, the Court made the following
                                                 O R D E R

Exemption from filing the official translation granted.

Issue notice, returnable on 17.07.2026.

SPONSORED

Signature Not Verified Ms. Ishika Neogi, learned counsel, representing Ms. Ankita
Digitally signed by
Deepak Guglani
Date: 2026.04.21
Sharma, learned Advocate-on-Record, is present in Court on advance
17:14:41 IST
Reason:

notice/caveat. She waives service and accepts notice on behalf of

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the State of Chhattisgarh. Hence, notice need not be served.

Counter affidavit/reply shall be filed within four weeks.

Rejoinder thereto, if any, may be filed within three weeks

thereafter.

Subject to the petitioner, Khemraj Gupta, joining and

co-operating with the investigation in connection with Crime/First

Information Report (FIR) No. 297/2025 dated 09.11.2025, registered

with Police Station – Gharghoda, District – Raigarh, Chhattisgarh,

for offences punishable under Sections 419, 420, 467, 468, 470, 471

and 120B of the Indian Penal Code, 1860, he shall not be arrested

till the next hearing.

In addition, the petitioner shall scrupulously abide by the

conditions stipulated in Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik

Suraksha Sanhita, 2023.

(DEEPAK GUGLANI)                               (PREETI SAXENA)
DEPUTY REGISTRAR                              COURT MASTER (NSH)




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