Supreme Court · 2016 INSC 1212 · Decided 14 December 2016
Abhijit Pawar v. Hemant Madhukar Nimbalkar & ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2016 INSC 1212 · [2016] 9 S.C.R. 475
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1225/2016
- Decided
- 14 December 2016
- Bench
- A.K. SIKRI, ABHAY MANOHAR SAPRE (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- CrPC Section 202
Headnote
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973: s.202 - Persons residing A B at a place beyond the area in which the Magistrate exercises his iurisdiction - Issuance of summons - Held: The procedure stipulated C in s.202 is mandatory which imposes an obligation on the Magistrate to ensure that before summoning beyond his jurisdiction, the Magistrate shall make necessary inquiries into the case himself or direct investigation - Jn the instant case, complainant was aggrieved with the news published in a newspaper and filed complaint against the accused persons who were D described as Printer and
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