Supreme Court · 2013 INSC 772 · Decided 22 November 2013
Ashok Kumar Aggarwal v. Union of India & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2013 INSC 772 · [2013] 12 S.C.R. 607
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1842/2013
- Decided
- 22 November 2013
- Bench
- B.S. CHAUHAN, S.A. BOBDE (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- CrPC Section 340, 195(1)(b)
Headnote
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973- s.340 rlw s.195(1)(b) A B - Perjury in judicial proceedings - Allegations of - Application filed by appellant to proceed against respondent C no.5 u/s.340 r/w s.195(1)(b) - Dismissed by the High Court­ Justification - Held: Justified - In order to initiate prima facie reach a conclusion after holding preliminary inquiry that there was a deliberate and conscious effort to misguide the court and interfere in the D administration of justice - More so, it has to be seen whether such a prosecution is necessary in the interest of justice - Prosecution
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