Supreme Court · 2020 INSC 112 · Decided 30 January 2020
Ahmad Ali Quraishi and ANR. v. The State of Uttar Pradesh & ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2020 INSC 112 · [2020] 1 S.C.R. 170
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 138/2020
- Decided
- 30 January 2020
- Bench
- ASHOK BHUSHAN, M.R. SHAH (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 323, 354, 452, 504, 506; CrPC Section 482, 156(3), 151, 107, 116; POCSO Act Section 4, 7, 8
Headnote
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 - s.482 - Inherent power of High Court - Appellants-accused and respondent no.2- complainant belong to same family and are neighbours - In 2015, father of the accused filed suit against the complainant for partition to several altercations among the parties - On 29.08.16, complainant filed application u/s.156(3), CrPC alleging that on 19.07.16 when his daughters had gone to public hand pump outside their house for fetching water, the accused persons indulged in indecent gestures towards them and had
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