Supreme Court – Daily Orders
Balram Goswami vs The State Of Madhya Pradesh on 5 August, 2025
Author: Sanjay Kumar
Bench: Sanjay Kumar
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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. OF 2025
(arising out of SLP (Crl.) No.5149/2025)
BALRAM GOSWAMI ..... APPELLANT(S)
VERSUS
STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH ..... RESPONDENT(S)
O R D E R
Leave granted.
Keeping in view the length of incarceration already suffered
by the appellant, Balram Goswami, and as the trial may not conclude
in the near future, we deem it appropriate to grant relief to him.
The appellant, Balram Goswami, would be entitled to grant of bail
at this stage.
We, accordingly, direct that the appellant, Balram Goswami,
shall be released on bail in connection with the chargesheet
arising out of Crime/First Information Report No. 12/2019 dated
19.01.2019 registered with Police Station Basai, District – Datiya,
Madhya Pradesh, for the offence(s) punishable under Sections 147,
Signature Not Verified
Digitally signed by
babita pandey
148, 149, 307, 395, 353 186, 332, 333, 224, 225, 427 and 364 of the
Date: 2025.08.05
17:45:05 IST
Reason:
Indian Penal Code, 1860, and Sections 11 and 13 of the Madhya
Pradesh Dakaiti Aur Vyapharan Prabhavit Kshetra Adhiniyam, 1981, on
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appropriate terms and conditions to be fixed by the trial Court.
In addition, the appellant, Balram Goswami, shall cooperate
in the trial and shall not take unnecessary adjournments.
The impugned judgment/order is set aside and the appeal is
allowed in the aforesaid terms.
We clarify that we have not made any observations/comments on
the merits of the case and any observation made in this order is
meant only for the limited purposes of grant of bail.
Pending application(s), if any, shall stand disposed of.
………………….J.
(SANJAY KUMAR)
………………….J.
(SATISH CHANDRA SHARMA)
NEW DELHI;
AUGUST 05, 2025.
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ITEM NO.9 COURT NO.13 SECTION II-E
S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A
RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS
Petition(s) for Special Leave to Appeal (Crl.) No. 5149/2025
[Arising out of impugned final judgment and order dated 18-02-2025
in MCRC No. 52349/2024 passed by the High Court of Madhya Pradesh
at Gwalior]
BALRAM GOSWAMI Petitioner(s)
VERSUS
THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH Respondent(s)
IA No. 85845/2025 – EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.
Date : 05-08-2025 This matter was called on for hearing today.
CORAM :
HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR
HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SATISH CHANDRA SHARMAFor Petitioner(s) Mr. Sudhanshu S. Choudhary, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Mayank Sapre, Adv.
Mr. Dheeraj Kumar, Adv.
Mr. Yash Singhania, Adv.
Mr. Yashwant Singh, AOR
For Respondent(s) Mr. Dhirendra Singh Parmar, A.A.G.
Mr. Aditya Singh Ga, Adv.
Mr. Yashraj Singh Bundela, AOR
Mrs. Pratima Singh, Adv.
Ms. Saloni Singh, Adv.
Mr. Arpit Garg, Adv.
UPON hearing the counsel, the Court made the following
O R D E RLeave granted.
In terms of the signed order, it is directed that the
appellant, Balram Goswami, shall be released on bail in connection
4with the chargesheet arising out of Crime/First Information Report
No. 12/2019 dated 19.01.2019 registered with Police Station Basai,
District – Datiya, Madhya Pradesh, for the offence(s) punishable
under Sections 147, 148, 149, 307, 395, 353 186, 332, 333, 224,
225, 427 and 364 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860, and Sections 11
and 13 of the Madhya Pradesh Dakaiti Aur Vyapharan Prabhavit
Kshetra Adhiniyam, 1981, on appropriate terms and conditions to be
fixed by the trial Court.
The appeal is allowed in terms of the signed order.
Pending application(s), if any, shall stand disposed of.
(Babita Pandey) (Preeti Saxena) Astt. Registrar-cum-PS Court Master (NSH)
(Signed order is placed on the file)