Supreme Court · 2018 INSC 248 · Decided 20 March 2018
DR. Subhash Kashinath Mahajan v. The State of Maharashtra and ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2018 INSC 248 · [2018] 4 S.C.R. 877
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 416/2018
- Decided
- 20 March 2018
- Bench
- ADARSH KUMAR GOEL, UDAY UMESH LALIT (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 182, 192, 193, 203; CrPC Section 438, 41, 41A; Constitution Article 14, 15, 16, 21, 19; NDPS Act Section 37; UAPA Section 43D(4); SC/ST Act Section 18
Headnote
The Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 - s.18 - Exclusion of anticipatory bail, in cases of false implications - Procedural safeguards - Respondent no.2-complainant, a govt. employee belonging to Scheduled Caste, lodged FIR in officers (non-Scheduled Caste) when they made adverse entry in his Annual Confidential Report - Sanction to proceed against the said two senior officers, refused by appellant in 2011 - Present FIR lodged by respondent no.2 against the appellant in 2016 - Appellant sought quashing
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