Supreme Court · 1994 INSC 611 · Decided 14 December 1994
A. E. Rani v. V.S.R. Sarma and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1994 INSC 611 · [1994] SUPP. 6 S.C.R. 596
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 892/1994
- Decided
- 14 December 1994
- Bench
- S.C. AGRAWAL, G.N. RAY (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 6, 395, 380; CrPC Section 482, 190, 200, 156(3)
Headnote
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973: Section 482. High Court-Power to quash criminal proceedings-Private complaint under Section 395 !PC about forcible taking away of articles of self and husband-Police final report stating that no offence committed-Fresh complaint-Magistrate's order registering the of complainant and witnesses­ High Court quashing criminal proceedings holding that dispute was of civil . nature-Held High Court was not justified in quashing the proceedings. The appellant lodged a complaint in the Xlth Court of Metro­ politan Magistrate, Secunderabad under
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