Supreme Court · 2000 INSC 34 · Decided 28 January 2000
G. Sagar Suri AND. Anr v. State of C.P. and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2000 INSC 34 · [2000] 1 S.C.R. 417
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 91/2000
- Decided
- 28 January 2000
- Bench
- S. SAGHIR AHMAD, D.P. WADHWA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 406, 420; CrPC Section 482
Headnote
AND. ANR A v. STATE OF C.P. AND ORS. JANUARY, 28, 2000 [S. SACJHIR AHMAD AND D. P. WADHWA, JJ.J B Criminal Procedure Code, 1973-Section 482-Jurisdiction of High Court to quash criminal proceedin~-Criminal proceeding under Section 406/420 J.P. C. instituted while complaint under Section 138 to see that civil proceedings not given cloak of criminal offence-Criminal proceedings are no short cut to other proceedings in law. Petition filed during pendency of application for discharge-Held, High Court can exercise jurisdiction to quash the proceedings. Appellants along with five
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