Accused X v. State of Maharashtra (12.04.2019—Interim)

2019 SCC OnLine SC 800
Supreme Court of India

R.P.(Crl.) No. 301 of 2008 in Crl.A. No. 680 of 2007
Coram: N. V. Ramana, Mohan M. Shantanagoudar, Indira Banerjee, JJ.

Decided on: 12.04.2019

For Petitioner:

Ms. Nitya Ramakrishnan, Advocate

Mr. Yash S. Vijay, Advocate

Amartya Kanjilal, Advocate

Mr. Saaduzzaman, Advocate

Ms. Shruti Narayan, Advocate

Ms. Jahnavi Sindhu, Advocate

Mr. Shadan Farasat, AOR

For Respondent:

Mr. Nishant Ramakantrao Katneshwarkar, AOR

Mr. Anoop Kandari, Advocate

Ms. Deepa M. Kulkarni, Advocate

Headnote
Mental Healthcare Act, 2017 — S. 23(1) — Confidentiality — Criminal proceedings — Direction for non-disclosure of identity of accused — Registry directed not to disclose name or identifying particulars — Accused anonymised as “Accused X” — Review Petition partly allowed.

N. V. Ramana J.:

2. In line with Section 23(1) of the Mental Healthcare Act, 2017 (Act 10 of 2017) and the right to privacy of the accused herein, while taking further action on this judgment, we direct the Registry to not disclose the actual name of the accused and other pertinent information which could lead to his identification as it concerns confidential information. In this context we shall address the accused herein as ''“Accused X”''.

3. The Review Petition is partly allowed in terms of the signed Reportable Judgment.