Supreme Court · 2018 INSC 341 · Decided 13 April 2018
K. K. Mishra v. The State of Madhya Pradesh & ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2018 INSC 341 · [2018] 5 S.C.R. 315
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 547/2018
- Decided
- 13 April 2018
- Bench
- RANJAN GOGOI, R. BANUMATHI, MOHAN M. SHANTANAGOUDAR (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 500; CrPC Section 199(2), 199(4), 199; Constitution Article 142
Headnote
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 - s.199(2) and (4) - Prosecution case that appellant made defamatory statements against the Hon'ble Chief Minister of the State in a press conference - Complaint was filed by the public prosecutor u/s.199(2) after receipt of sanction from State Government on the very same day - Appellant convicted u/s.500 IPC by the Special Judge, trial Court - Appeal against the same pending before the High Court - Appellant also challenged the maintainability of criminal proceeding instituted u/s.199(2), which was dismissed by
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