Supreme Court · 2008 INSC 129 · Decided 1 February 2008
Ashfaq Khan and ANR. v. State of U.P. and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2008 INSC 129 · [2008] 2 S.C.R. 271
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 230/2008
- Decided
- 1 February 2008
- Bench
- ARIJIT PASAYAT, P. SATHASIVAM (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 420, 424; CrPC Section 167; Constitution Article 226
Headnote
A 8 Constitution of India, 1950 - Article 226 - FIR lodged - Writ Petition for quashing of FIR - Dismissed relying on decisionldeisions in other writ petitions before High Court - c On appeal, held: High Court did not show applicability of ratio of the decisions in batch of writ petitions case - Hence matter remitted to High Court - Penal Code, 1860 - ss. 420 and 424 - Uttar Pradesh Gangstors and Anti-Social Activities (Prevention) Act, 1986 - ss. 2 and 3. Appellants filed a writ petition for seeking quashing of First Information Report lodged for alleged commission D of offences
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