Supreme Court · 2026 INSC 468 · Decided 11 May 2026
Gunjan @ Girija Kumari and Others v. State (Nct of Delhi) and Another
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2026 INSC 468 · [2026] 5 S.C.R. 550
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 2446/2026
- Decided
- 11 May 2026
- Bench
- PRASHANT KUMAR MISHRA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 34, 506, 503
Headnote
Whether the FIR and the charge-sheet filed against the appellants- accused for offences u/ss.3(1)(r) and 3(1)(s) of the SC/ST Act as well as for the offences u/s.506 r/w s.34, IPC, ought to be quashed. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Act, 1989 - ss.3(1)(r) and 3(1)(s) - "a place within public view", when not - Offence u/s.3(1)(r) and/or s.3(1)(s) not made out if alleged caste-based abuses are hurled inside a house, not exposed to public eye or public gaze - Charge framed by trial
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