Supreme Court · 2022 INSC 1294 · Decided 16 December 2022
Hasmukhlal D. Vora & ANR. v. The State of Tamil Nadu
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2022 INSC 1294 · [2022] 16 S.C.R. 113
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 2310/2022
- Decided
- 16 December 2022
- Bench
- KRISHNA MURARI, S. RAVINDRA BHAT (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- CrPC Section 482
Headnote
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973: s.482 - Quashing of Criminal complaint - Before High Court, appellant sought for quashing of complaint filed against him for contravening provision of Drugs and Cosmetics Act 1940 and Drugs and Cosmetics Rules 1945, which was dismissed - On under s.482 only has to consider whether or not the allegations in the complaint disclose the commission of a cognizable offence - Quashing of a criminal complaint must be done only in the rarest of rare cases but still it is the duty of the High Court to look into each and every case
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