ANAND AGRAWAL Vs. STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH

JUDGEMENT

(1.) This petition was originally filed on 19.6.2009 and when it was filed, at that point of time, the following reliefs were claimed by the petitioner:

(2.) As far as relief No.7(iv) and the interim reliefs are concerned, the same has been deleted. Now, the petitioner only wants an inquiry into the manner as to how the respondent Nos.4 to 7 have kept him under custody, illegally detained him for four days in the Central Jail, Katni and wants Rs.50 lakhs as compensation for the aforesaid illegal act.

(3.) The petition is pending since 2009 and on 12.11.2014, it was listed for final hearing, a Division Bench of this Court has held that since the relief of Habeas Corpus has been deleted, now only the question of payment of compensation is required and the counsel took adjournment to argue on that question. Accordingly, the case was adjourned on 12.11.2014. Then the case was listed on 23.4.2015 for final hearing before a Co-ordinate Bench of this Court and none appeared on behalf of petitioner on that date. This Court took note of all these facts and indicated that ordinarily in such a situation, the petition would have been dismissed for want of prosecution. However, considering the fact that the litigant should not suffer on the mistake of the Advocate and by way of last indulgence, the matter was deferred for final hearing and thereafter today it is listed for final hearing and the same is taken up for final hearing.