Supreme Court · 2025 INSC 895 · Decided 25 July 2025
Anurag Bhatnagar & ANR. v. State (Nct of Delhi) & ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2025 INSC 895 · [2025] 7 S.C.R. 1599
- Case number
- SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION (CRIMINAL) No. 18084/2024
- Decided
- 25 July 2025
- Bench
- PANKAJ MITHAL, SARASA VENKATANARAYANA BHATTI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC; CrPC Section 482, 156(3), 154, 156, 190; Constitution Article 226, 227
Headnote
(i) Whether the High Court in exercise of its power u/s.482 of CrPC or under Art.226/227 of the Constitution is justified in refusing to quash the FIR No.380/2005, u/ss.420, 120-B and 34 of the IPC and the order dated 01.07.2005 passed by the for the registration of the aforesaid FIR; (ii) whether an application u/s.156(3) of the CrPC could have been filed without approaching the police authorities; (iii) whether the order dated 01.07.2005 passed by the Metropolitan Magistrate is an order passed without application of mind,
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