Supreme Court · 2025 INSC 1009 · Decided 20 August 2025
Devendra Kumar v. The State (Nct of Delhi) & ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2025 INSC 1009 · [2025] 8 S.C.R. 1095
- Case number
- SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION (CRIMINAL) No. 12373/2025
- Decided
- 20 August 2025
- Bench
- J.B. PARDIWALA, R MAHADEVAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 186, 341; CrPC Section 156(3), 195, 195(1)(a)(i), 340
Headnote
High Court affirmed the order passed by the CMM directing registration of the FIR against the petitioner for offences punishable u/ss.186 and 341, Penal Code, 1860. Whether the CMM erred in involving the police in a complaint lodged by a Civil Judge for u/ss.186 and 341 of the I.P.C; whether the CMM erred in asking the police to investigate the complaint u/s.156(3) of the Cr.P.C instead of taking cognizance upon the complaint and issuing process to the petitioner; scope of s.195, CrPC. Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973
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