Supreme Court · 2008 INSC 1046 · Decided 16 September 2008
Lakhwant Singh v. Jasbir Singh and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2008 INSC 1046 · [2008] 13 S.C.R. 544
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 281/2003
- Decided
- 16 September 2008
- Bench
- ARIJIT PASAYAT, G.S. SINGHVI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- CrPC Section 482, 438
Headnote
• • Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 - s. 482 - Inherent powers of High Court - Exercise of - Parameters laid down - c Discussed - On facts, investigation was not complete and that stage it was not permissible for High Court to look into materi- als - High Court quashed FIR by the parameters laid down for exercise of power u/s 482 - Thus, order of High Court set aside. D FIR was registered against the respondent for the al- leged commission of theft. It was stated that the respon- .,. . - dents while executing the order in the!r favour, illegally took the possession of
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