Supreme Court · 2022 INSC 243 · Decided 28 February 2022
Amritlal v. Shantilal Soni & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2022 INSC 243 · [2022] 1 S.C.R. 721
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 301/2022
- Decided
- 28 February 2022
- Bench
- DINESH MAHESHWARI, VIKRAM NATH (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC; CrPC Section 468, 482; Constitution
Headnote
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973: s. 468 - Bar to cognizance after lapse of period of limitation - Relevant date for computation of limitation period u/s. 468 - Held: Is the date of filing of the complaint or the date of institution of prosecution and not the date on which the offence - On facts, the High Court erred in assuming that the date of taking cognizance is decisive of the matter, while ignoring the fact that the written complaint was indeed filed by the complainant well within the period of limitation of 3 years with reference to the date of commission
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