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Central Bureau of Investigation VERSUS  Santosh Karnani & Anr.  Landmark Cases  of India /  सुप्रीम कोर्ट के ऐतिहासिक फैसले REPORTABLE IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 1148 OF 2023 [Arising out of Special Leave Petition (Criminal) No. 295 of 2023] Central Bureau of Investigation … Appellant VERSUS  Santosh Karnani & Anr. … Respondents WITH CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 1149 OF 2023 [Arising out of Special Leave Petition (Criminal) No. 724 of 2023] Rupesh Balwantbhai Brambhatt  … Appellant VERSUS Santosh Karnani & Ors.  …Respondents JUDGMENT Surya Kant, J. 1. Leave granted. 2. The Appellants in the two Criminal Appeals, the   Central   Bureau   of   Investigation   &   Rupesh Balwantbhai Brambhatt (hereinafter, “complainant”) respectively, are aggrieved by the order dated 19th Crl. A. No._____ of 2023 @ SLP (Crl.) No. 295 of 2023 etc.                 Page 1 of 37 December,   2022   passed   by   the   High   Court   of Gujara

STATE OF RAJASTHAN  VERSUS ASHARAM @ ASHUMAL  Landmark Cases  of India /  सुप्रीम कोर्ट के ऐतिहासिक फैसले Criminal Appeal @ SLP (Crl.) No. 2044 of 2022 Page 1 of 20 REPORTABLE IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. OF 2023 (ARISING OUT OF SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION (CRIMINAL) NO. 2044 OF 2022) STATE OF RAJASTHAN ..... APPELLANT VERSUS ASHARAM @ ASHUMAL ..... RESPONDENT J U D G M E N T SANJIV KHANNA, J. Leave granted. 2. The present appeal preferred by the State of Rajasthan takes exception to the judgment dated 10.02.2022 passed by the High Court of Rajasthan at Jodhpur1 , allowing the application2 filed by the respondent – Asharam @ Ashumal under Section 391 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 19733 , and directing summoning and recording of evidence of Ajay Pal Lamba, who was posted as Deputy Commissioner of Police (West), Jodhpur, Rajasthan in August 2013 and has written a book “Gunning For The Godman: 1 For short, ‘the High Court’. 2 D.B.