Supreme Court · 2001 INSC 112 · Decided 23 February 2001
M/S J.K. International v. State, GOVT. of NCT of Delhi and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2001 INSC 112 · [2001] 2 S.C.R. 90
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 222/2001
- Decided
- 23 February 2001
- Bench
- K.T. THOMAS, R.P. SETHI, B.N. AGRAWAL (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- CrPC Section 173, 301, 302, 435
Headnote
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973: Sections 173, 301, 302 and 435. .> Criminal proceedings-Prosecution of-Complainant-1mpleadment of­ Complainant alleged breach of trust and cheating against accused-Charge sheet filed-Accused filed petition in High Court for quashing of criminal as a party­ Correctness of-Held: The genesis in almost all criminal cases is the grievance of the complainant that he is wronged by the accused-Hence, an aggrieved private person cannot be altogether eclip3ed from criminal proceedings­ Magistrate is duty-bound to hear such person-High
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