Supreme Court · 2013 INSC 29 · Decided 10 January 2013
Arun Bhandari v. State of U.P. and Others
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2013 INSC 29 · [2013] 3 S.C.R. 961
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 78/2013
- Decided
- 10 January 2013
- Bench
- K.S. RADHAKRISHNAN, DIPAK MISRA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 406, 420; CrPC Section 482; Constitution Article 226
Headnote
A B Constitution of India, 1950 - Art. 226 - Commercial transaction - Subsequently, purchaser filed criminal case against the sellers u/ss.406 and 420 /PC - Police report that C the case was of civil nature and no criminal offence made out - In protest petition by the complainant, CJM took order of CJM - High Court quashed the criminal case in respect of one of the accused - Held: A case which may apparently look to be of civil nature D may also contain ingredients of criminal offences - The facts of the instant case show that it was not purely civil in nature - Neither the FIR nor
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