Supreme Court · 2010 INSC 541 · Decided 26 August 2010
Babubhai v. State of Gujarat & ORS. ETC.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2010 INSC 541 · [2010] 10 S.C.R. 651
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1599/2010
- Decided
- 26 August 2010
- Bench
- P. SATHASIVAM, B.S. CHAUHAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302; CrPC Section 154, 173(8), 169, 170, 173; Constitution Article 20, 21
Headnote
A B FIR - Two FIRs - Investigation into - Permissibility - Held: If the court finds that both the FIRs relate to the same incident, second FIR is liable to be cancelled - But if both C the FIRs are in respect of different incidents, investigation in both the FIRs has to be conducted - On facts, - High Court rightly quashed the second FIR - Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 - s. 154. D Investigation - Two FIRs lodged - High Court quashing one of the FIRs and finding that investigation was biased and unfair, directed investigation info the surviving FIR by independent agency -
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