Supreme Court · 2011 INSC 633 · Decided 2 September 2011
Bhushan Kumar Meen v. State of Punjab and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2011 INSC 633 · [2011] 10 S.C.R. 844
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1709/2011
- Decided
- 2 September 2011
- Bench
- ALTAMAS KABIR, CYRIAC JOSEPH, S.S. NIJJAR (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 498; CrPC Section 482
Headnote
CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE, 1973: s. 482 - Petition seeking to quash criminal proceedings - Complaint by wife against her husband alleging commission of offence punishable uls 498A - Women's Cell reporting that nothing had come out from the inquiry ta prove 0 the demand of dowry - Subsequently, FIR registered - Petition of husband seeking to quash the FIR dismissed by High Court - Held: From the entire records available, it is clear that the complaint made by the wife did not make out a prima facie case to go to trial uls.498-A /PC E - The single Judge of the High
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