Supreme Court · 2006 INSC 375 · Decided 16 June 2006

Hari Singh v. The State of U.P.

Court
Supreme Court of India
Citation
2006 INSC 375 · [2006] SUPP. 3 S.C.R. 59
Case number
WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No. 140/2006
Decided
16 June 2006
Bench
ARIJIT PASAYAT, ALTAMAS KABIR (2-judge bench)
Outcome
Dismissed
Case type
Writ / Constitutional
Acts & sections cited
CrPC Section 200; Constitution Article 32

Headnote

B Constitution of India, 1950-Article 32 -Action not taken by police on FIR-Writ petition by complainant seeking direction to conduct enquiry by CBI-Maintainability of-Held : Not maintainable~Code of Criminal C Procedure, 1973-ss.190, 200, 203. The petitioner filed Writ petition under Article 32 that police had taken no action on FIR lodged by him because of pressure of some influential people. D Dismissing the Writ Petition, the Court HELD: 1.1. When the information is laid with the police, but no action in that behalf is taken, the complainant can under Section 190 read with Section 200

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