Supreme Court · 2022 INSC 1324 · Decided 11 November 2022
Istkar v. The State of Uttar Pradesh & ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2022 INSC 1324 · [2022] 8 S.C.R. 854
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 2034/2022
- Decided
- 11 November 2022
- Bench
- DINESH MAHESHWARI, SUDHANSHU DHULIA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Partly allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 186; CrPC Section 466, 446, 107
Headnote
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 - Chapter VIII - s.107, 117 - Bond in the sum of Rs.5,00,000/- was furnished by the appellant in terms of s.107 for keeping the peace in the wake of upcoming panchayat elections - Forfeited - appellant was dismissed - Writ petition filed by appellant, High Court held that there was no illegality in the orders passed - On appeal, held: The scope and nature of s.107 is preventive and not punitive as it aims at ensuring that there be no breach of peace and that the public
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