Supreme Court · 2013 INSC 664 · Decided 1 October 2013
Central Bureau of Investigation v. Jagjit Singh
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2013 INSC 664 · [2013] 17 S.C.R. 361
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1580/2013
- Decided
- 1 October 2013
- Bench
- S. J. MUKHOPADHAYA, RANJAN GOGOI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 420, 471; CrPC Section 482, 320; Prevention of Corruption Act
Headnote
A B Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 - s.482 - Criminal proceedings u/ss. 4201471 /PC -Allegation of defrauding the C Bank - Compromise between Ban~ and accused - Debt due to the Bank paid pursuant to order of Debts Recovery Tribunal - Criminal proceedings quashed in view of the compromise - Held: /PC against Bank, fall under the category of offences involving moral turpitude committed D by public servants while working in that capacity - Hence, criminal proceedings not liable to be quashed - Inherent powers to be exercised to secure the ends of justice and to prevent a'buse of
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