Supreme Court · 2008 INSC 1268 · Decided 7 November 2008
M/S. Eicher Tractor LTD. and ORS. v. Harihar Singh and ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2008 INSC 1268 · [2008] 16 S.C.R. 7
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1755/2008
- Decided
- 7 November 2008
- Bench
- ARIJIT PASAYAT, C.K. THAKKER (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 420, 468, 471; CrPC Section 482
Headnote
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 - s.482 - Quashing of proceedings - /Qherent powers of High Court- Scope of- Discussed - On facts, proceedings were initiated by c Respondent No.1 as·a counterb/ast to the proceedings initiated by Appellants - Continuance of proceedings initiated by nothing but an abuse of the process of law - Hence quashed. D A complaint was filed by Respondent No.1 under ss.420, 468 and 471 IPC. The Magistrate issued summons. The accused-Appellants filed petition under s.482 CrPC praying for quashing of the proceedings. The petition was dismissed by the
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