Supreme Court · 2025 INSC 828 · Decided 14 July 2025
Asian Paints Limited v. Ram Babu & Another
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2025 INSC 828 · [2025] 7 S.C.R. 573
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 2952/2025
- Decided
- 14 July 2025
- Bench
- AHSANUDDIN AMANULLAH, PRASHANT KUMAR MISHRA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 63, 65; CrPC Section 372, 378, 2(wa), 378(3)
Headnote
Whether the appellant-company falls under the definition of 'victim' in terms of s.2(wa) r/w the proviso to s.372, CrPC or whether s.378, CrPC would prevail in the facts and circumstances; whether an appeal under CrPC would be restricted only to mean an appeal to the First Appellate Court or include even an appeal to the Second Appellate Court/High Court. Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 - s.2(wa) r/w proviso to s.372; s.378 - Counterfeit products were sold in the
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