Supreme Court · 2022 INSC 1071 · Decided 12 October 2022
Devendra Nath Singh v. State of Bihar & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2022 INSC 1071 · [2022] 15 S.C.R. 692
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1768/2022
- Decided
- 12 October 2022
- Bench
- DINESH MAHESHWARI, ANIRUDDHA BOSE (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 409, 467, 468, 420; CrPC Section 482, 173(8), 156
Headnote
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 - s. 482 - Allegations of defalcation of goods and misappropriation of stocks from the godown of the Corporation - FIR was registered - Magistrate took cognizance of offences u/ss. 409, 467, 468 and 420 of IPC against respondent no.3 petition u/s. 482 Cr.PC - High Court observed that an accused in the case 'as scapegoat to save the skin' of the present appellant - Having said so, the High Court proceeded to direct the Magistrate to give directions to the police to further investigate the case in
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