Supreme Court · 2014 INSC 754 · Decided 30 October 2014
Binod Kumar & ORS. v. State of Bihar & ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2014 INSC 754 · [2014] 11 S.C.R. 85
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 2327/2014
- Decided
- 30 October 2014
- Bench
- T.S. THAKUR, R. BANUMATHI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 405, 420, 406, 1208; CrPC Section 482, 227
Headnote
A B Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 - s. 482 - Criminal proceedings u/s. 406 /PC - Quashing of - Denial by High Court - Held: Exercise of inherent powers to quash the c proceedings is called for, only where the complaint does not disclose any offence or is frivolous - The complaint in the present misappropriation or cheating - Proceedings liable to be quashed. o Allowing the appeal, the Court HELD: 1. In proceedings instituted on criminal complaint, exercise of the inherent powers to quash the proceedings is called for only in case where the complaint E does not disclose any offence
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