Supreme Court · 2025 INSC 1096 · Decided 10 September 2025
Jupally Lakshmikantha Reddy v. State of Andhra Pradesh & ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2025 INSC 1096 · [2025] 10 S.C.R. 58
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 3951/2025
- Decided
- 10 September 2025
- Bench
- B.V. NAGARATHNA, JOYMALYA BAGCHI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 420, 465, 468, 471
Headnote
Whether the High Court erred in refusing to quash the proceedings u/s.420, IPC against the appellant. Penal Code, 1860 - ss.420, 465, 468, 471 - National Building Code of India, 2016 - Appellant's society was running an educational having height of 14.20 metres - FIR was filed u/ss.420, 465, 468, 471; chargesheet filed u/s.420 alleged that the appellant had created a forged Fire NOC and used it to obtain recognition/renewal of affiliation for his institution - High Court refused to quash the proceedings
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