Supreme Court · 2021 INSC 618 · Decided 5 October 2021
Geo Varghese v. The State of Rajasthan & ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2021 INSC 618 · [2021] 10 S.C.R. 393
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1164/2021
- Decided
- 5 October 2021
- Bench
- S. ABDUL NAZEER, KRISHNA MURARI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 306, 309, 107; CrPC Section 482
Headnote
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973: s.482 - Allegation against appellant was that the son of the complainant committed suicide due to mental harassment meted out by the appellant - Appellant was physical Training Teacher in the school where complainant's son was student - overall discipline by the students of the school - The allegations in the FIR was that the appellant had harassed and insulted her son in the presence of everyone due to which he was under deep mental pressure and committed suicide - High Court dismissed s. 482 application for
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