Supreme Court · 2009 INSC 688 · Decided 5 May 2009
Harmanpreet Singh Ahluwalia & ORS. v. State of Punjab & Ors
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2009 INSC 688 · [2009] 7 S.C.R. 563
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 908/2009
- Decided
- 5 May 2009
- Bench
- S.B. SINHA, MUKUNDAKAM SHARMA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 4061420, 406, 420, 415; CrPC Section 482
Headnote
... Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 - s. 482 - FIR - Quashing of - FIR against husband and his parents u/s.4061 420 /PC alleging dowry demand and misappropriation of dowry articles -Application uls 482 Cr.PC. - Dismissal of, by High c Court - Held: Not correct - Parties were living in Canada - and offence, if any, was committed in Canada - Alleged demand was made after period of five years from marriage - Offence for criminal breach of trust and/or cheating not made out -Allegation in FIR have D ,. been made with an ulterior motive to harass the applicants - . C.ontinuance of
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