Supreme Court · 2022 INSC 771 · Decided 29 July 2022
Daxaben v. The State of Gujarat & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2022 INSC 771 · [2022] 13 S.C.R. 295
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1061/2022
- Decided
- 29 July 2022
- Bench
- INDIRA BANERJEE, V. RAMASUBRAMANIAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 306, 307; CrPC Section 482
Headnote
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973: s. 482 - Quashing of FIR - FIR u/s.306 for abetment to commit suicide, entailing punishment of imprisonment of ten years - Quashed by the High Court on the basis of a settlement between the complainant and the accused named in the FIR - On is lodged and a criminal case is started by the State, it becomes a matter between the State and the accused - State has a duty to ensure that law and order is maintained in society and the offender is prosecuted - An informant has no right in law to withdraw the complaint of a non-
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