Full Judgment Text
REPORTABLE
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 470 OF 2009
(Arising out of SLP (Crl.) No. 8107 of 2008)
Santosh ..Appellant
Versus
State of U.P. ..Respondent
J U D G M E N T
Dr. ARIJIT PASAYAT, J.
1. Leave granted.
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2. Challenge in this appeal is to the order passed by a learned Single
Judge of the Allahabad High Court dismissing the Revision Petitions filed
by the appellant. Two revisions petitions were filed and one of them i.e.
Criminal Revision No.1622 of 1989 was by the appellant. The matter was
taken up ex-parte and the revision petition was dismissed after referring to
various aspects. An application for recall was filed which was dismissed on
the ground that the order which was sought to be recalled was passed on
merits and therefore cannot be recalled.
3. Though many points were urged in support of the application it is not
necessary to go into those in detail. While issuing notice on 7.11.2008 it
was indicated that the matter may be remitted to the High Court for fresh
hearing as the revision petition was dismissed in the absence of learned
counsel for the appellant. During the hearing of the application learned
counsel for the appellant indicated various reasons for which there was non
appearance on the day the matter was taken up. That being so, it would be
appropriate to set aside the impugned order and remit the matter to the High
Court for a fresh consideration on merits. To avoid unnecessary delay let the
parties appear before the High Court on 24.3.2009 so that a date of hearing
can be fixed. The Hon’ble Chief Justice of the High Court is requested to
post the matter before an appropriate Bench.
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4. The appeal is allowed.
………………………………J.
(Dr. ARIJIT PASAYAT)
…………………..…………..J.
(ASOK KUMAR GANGULY)
New Delhi,
March 16, 2009
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