Supreme Court · 2015 INSC 359 · Decided 27 April 2015
D. T. Virupakshappa v. C. Subash
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2015 INSC 359 · [2015] 5 S.C.R. 534
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 722/2015
- Decided
- 27 April 2015
- Bench
- ANIL R. DAVE, KURIAN JOSEPH (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 149; CrPC Section 482, 197
Headnote
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973: ss.482, 197 - Quashing of proceedings - Summons issued against appellant-police official on the ground that appellant exceeded in exercising his power during investigation of a D criminal case and assaulted the respondent in order to extract some information with connection, detained the respondent in the police station for sometime - High Court refused to quash the criminal proceedings - Plea of appellant that magistrate could not E have taken cognizance of offence and issued summons to the appellant without sanction uls.197- Held: Going by the factual
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