Supreme Court · 2020 INSC 678 · Decided 3 December 2020
Jayant ETC. v. The State of Madhya Pradesh
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2020 INSC 678 · [2020] 11 S.C.R. 665
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 824/2020
- Decided
- 3 December 2020
- Bench
- ASHOK BHUSHAN, M.R. SHAH (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 4, 21, 379, 414; CrPC Section 156(3), 173; Constitution
Headnote
Mines & Minerals (Development & Regulation) Act, 1957 - ss.4, 21, 22, 23A - Bar u/ss.22, 23A - When attracted - Illegal mining, storage and transportation of minerals - Magistrate suo motu directed registration of FIR - Applications filed by private and u/r.18, 2006 Rules - Dismissed by High Court - On appeal, held: Magistrate can in exercise of powers u/s.156(3) direct the concerned In-charge/SHO of the police station to register crime case/FIR even for offences under the MMDR Act and the Rules made thereunder - Bar u/s.
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