Supreme Court of India
PANKAJ KUMAR VS. THE STATE OF BIHAR - on 27 October 2026
ITEM NO.10 COURT NO.9 SECTION II-A
S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A
RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS
SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION (CRIMINAL) Diary No(s). 63084/2026
[Arising out of impugned final judgment and order dated 06-07-2026
in CRLM No. 40433/2026 passed by the High Court of Judicature at Patna]
PANKAJ KUMAR & ORS. Petitioner(s)
VERSUS
THE STATE OF BIHAR Respondent(s)
IA No. 316257/2026 - CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING
Date : 27-10-2026 This matter was called on for hearing today.
CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ARAVIND KUMAR
HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VIPUL M. PANCHOLI
For Petitioner(s) :Mr. Samir Ali Khan- 1657, AOR
Mr. Pranjal Sharma, Adv.
Mr. Kashif Irshad Khan, Adv.
For Respondent(s) :Mr. Anand Sanjay M. Nuli, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Rajiv Ranjan Mishra, Adv.
Ms. Suruchi Yadav, Adv.
Ms. Akhila Wali, Adv.
Mr. Dheeraj P Deo- 3278, AOR
Mr. Rishi K. Awasthi, Adv.
Mr. Piyush Vatsa, Adv.
Mr. Amit Vikram Awasthi, Adv.
Ms. Rita Jha- 2995, AOR
Mr. Rahul K. Gupta, Adv.
UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following
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O R D E R
1. Delay condoned.
2. Issue notice.
Digitally signed by RASHI GUPTA Date: 2026.10.27 17:43:03 IST
Reason:
Signature Not Verified
3. Mr. Dheeraj P Deo, learned AOR, accepts and waives service of notice upon respondent-State.
4. Counter affidavit, if any, shall be filed within four weeks from today.
5. List after six weeks.
6. In the meanwhile, there shall be interim protection from any coercive steps being taken against the petitioners, subject to the petitioners cooperating with the investigation. Petitioners shall appear before the jurisdictional Investigating Officer (IO) every Monday between 11:00 am to 02:00 pm until further orders and shall not indulge in any illegal activity and the jurisdictional IO shall file a Report, in the event of any incident taking place. (RASHI GUPTA) (AVGV RAMU) AR-CUM-PS COURT MASTER (NSH)