Supreme Court · 2001 INSC 517 · Decided 17 October 2001
Kamaladevi Agarwal v. State of West Bengal and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2001 INSC 517 · [2001] SUPP. 4 S.C.R. 284
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1059/2001
- Decided
- 17 October 2001
- Bench
- M.B. SHAH, R.P. SETHI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC; CrPC Section 482
Headnote
F KAMALADEVI AGARWAL v. STATE OF WEST BENGAL AND ORS. OCTOBER 17, 2001 [M.B. SHAH AND R.P. SETHI, JJ.) Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973: Section 482-Inherent powers of High Court-Quashing the proceeding at initial stage should be exercised sparingly.;_Could be exercised only where the allegations of civil and criminal proceeding and standard of proof required is different and distinct-Criminal cases have to be proceeded with in accordance with the procedure as pre­ scribed under the code of criminal procedure and the pendency of a civil action in a different court even though higher
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