Supreme Court · 2022 INSC 825 · Decided 11 August 2022
J. Vedhasingh v. R.M. Govindan & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2022 INSC 825 · [2022] 6 S.C.R. 888
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 2864/2019
- Decided
- 11 August 2022
- Bench
- S. ABDUL NAZEER, J.K. MAHESHWARI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Matter referred to larger bench
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 120B, 406, 420, 34; CrPC Section 482, 300(1); NI Act Section 138
Headnote
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 - s.482 and s.300 (1) - High Court allowed criminal petition filed by respondents no.1 to 4 u/s.482 CrPC and quashed proceedings u/ss.120B, 406, 420 and 34 IPC taking into consideration that proceedings u/s.138 of the NI same cause of action and on the same facts and grounds were pending, prior to registration of the present proceedings - It held that, looking to the allegations made in the FIR, only offence u/s.138 of NI Act can be made out and continuance of the proceedings for offences u/ss.406, 420, 120B
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