Supreme Court · 2022 INSC 318 · Decided 21 March 2022
Gangadhar Narayan Nayak @ Gangadhar Hiregutti v. State of Karnataka & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2022 INSC 318 · [2022] 2 S.C.R. 925
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 451/2022
- Decided
- 21 March 2022
- Bench
- INDIRA BANERJEE, J.K. MAHESHWARI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Matter referred to larger bench
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 228A; CrPC Section 155(2), 5, 74, 4; POCSO Act Section 23, 19
Headnote
Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012: s.23 - Applicability of s.155(2) of Code of Criminal Procedure Code to the investigation of an offence u/s.23 of POCSO Act - Per Indira Baneerjee, J. - Procedure under Cr.P.C is not required to u/s.23 of POCSO Act which has been committed, by disclosure of the identity of victim, necessitates expeditious investigation for compliance of sub-sections (5) and (6) of s.19 of POCSO - Per J.K Maheshwari, J. - Procedure of s.155(2) Cr.P.C is required to be followed in an
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