Supreme Court · 2023 INSC 397 · Decided 20 April 2023
Amod Kumar Kanth v. Association of Victim of Uphaar Tragedy and ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2023 INSC 397 · [2023] 6 S.C.R. 669
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1359/2017
- Decided
- 20 April 2023
- Bench
- K.M. JOSEPH, B.V. NAGARATHNA, ARAVIND KUMAR (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 304A, 337, 338; CrPC Section 197, 482, 319, 173(8)
Headnote
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 - s.197 -Ambit of - Uphaar Tragedy case - Closure report filed by the CBI against the appellant was rejected by the Magistrate,who instead took cognizance on the protest petition filed by the first against the appellant - Cognizance was taken for offences u/ss.304A, 337, 338, IPC and u/s.14, Cinematograph Act r/w the Rules - Appellant filed petition u/s.482, CrPC challenging the order issuing summons - Dismissed - On appeal, held: When considering the question of
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