Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 482 -- Quashing of proceedings - Instead of determining `whether or not there is sufficient ground for proceeding against accused', based on the material, it asked wrong question as to whether that would warrant a conviction - Order quashing proceedings set aside...........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 482, Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, Section 19 -- Quashing of proceedings - Sanction to prosecute - Going into merits of sanction at this stage - Finding regarding legality, validity or delay in grant of sanction, at this stage are premature - Validity of sanction is an issue that must be examined during course of trial - Order..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 482, Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, Section 19 -- Quashing of FIR - Mere delay in grant of sanction for prosecuting a public authority is not a ground to quash a criminal case...........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 482, Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, Section 19 -- Quashing of proceedings - Validity of sanction to prosecute - Inherent power u/s 482 Cr.P.C. invoked after dismissal of discharge application and consequent revision petition - Order quashing proceedings, on the ground that sanction to prosecute is illegal and invalid, set aside..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 319 -- Summoning of additional accused - Eye witnesses have named respondents as persons present on the site of occurrence - Respondents will have all defences open to them before trial Court to put forth their version of innocence, including by way of resort to cross-examination - Application allowed...........
Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, Section 138, Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 200 -- (Bhartiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, S.223) - Dishonour of cheque - Cognizance of offence - Magistrate can take cognizance of an offence punishable u/s 138 of N.I Act based on a complaint filed u/s 200 Cr.P.C (S.223 BNSS) - After a complaint is filed Magistrate is duty-bound..........
Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, Section 138, Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 482 -- Dishonour of cheque - Notice - Reliance on certain documents - Accused demanded those documents and reserved her right to give reply to demand notice after receiving the documents - However, documents were not provided to accused - Magistrate could have dismissed the complaint by..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 50 -- Grounds of arrest - Non compliance of mandate of S.50 of the Code - Arrest followed by consequential remand order set aside...........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 438, Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 307, 511, 343, 419, 506, 120B, 34, Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, Section 3(1)(r), 3(1)(s), 3(2)(va) -- Anticipatory bail - Offence u/ss 307, 511, 343, 419, 506, 120B, 34 IPC and Ss.3(1)(r), 3(1)(s), 3(2)(va) of SC/ST Act - There is only one alleged..........
Jammu and Kashmir Criminal Procedure Code, 1989, Section 488 -- Maintenance to two major unmarried daughters - Two unmarried daughters being of major age but suffering no physical/mental abnormality or injury rendering them unable to maintain themselves, not entitled to maintenance u/s 488 J & K Cr.P.C...........
