L D SAPRA Vs. STATE

JUDGEMENT

(1.) THESE three criminal misc. petitions Nos. 276/86, 236/ 86 and 337/86 are being decided by one common judgment, as prayed by the learned counsel, because they are directed against one judgment.

(2.) LEARNED counsel Mr. Khandelwal and Mr. Surana submit that all the cases can be categorised in three categories requiring three joint trials; (1) flood cases 10,11 and 12 of 1981 in which Purshottam Tripathi is the accused; (2) cases Nos. 8 and 9 of 1981 in which Purshottam Tripathi is a witness. The third category is for special repairs in which Purshottam Tripathi is a witness and they are 33 to 45 of 1979 and 7 to 10 of 1980.

(3.) IT is unfortunate that the cases of 1979 and 1980 relating to offences of the F. I R. of 1975 and even 1971 and 1973 have not been preceded in any manner whatsoever.