Supreme Court · 2001 INSC 499 · Decided 11 October 2001
M. Krishnan v. Vijay Singh and ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2001 INSC 499 · [2001] SUPP. 4 S.C.R. 45
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1028/2001
- Decided
- 11 October 2001
- Bench
- M.B. SHAH, R.P. SETHI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Leave Granted & Allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 193, 196, 197, 406, 465, 468, 471, 120B; CrPC Section 482
Headnote
Criminal Law : Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973-Section 482-Criminal Proceedings-Quashing of-When civil disputes pending between the parties-:­ Held justified. Respondents withdrew huge amounts from bank on the basis of forged documents showing the appellant as guarantor. Appellant filed a and issued process against the respondents. Instead of appearing before the Magistrate, respondents approached the High Court under Section 482 Cr. P.C. for quashing the proceedings initiated against them. High Court quashed the proceedings on the ground that in view of the pendency of
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