Supreme Court · 2025 INSC 127 · Decided 30 January 2025
M/S JM Laboratories and Others v. State of Andhra Pradesh and Another
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2025 INSC 127 · [2025] 1 S.C.R. 1256
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 487/2025
- Decided
- 30 January 2025
- Bench
- BHUSHAN RAMKRISHNA GAVAI, AUGUSTINE GEORGE MASIH (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- CrPC Section 482
Headnote
Non-speaking summoning order issued by Magistrate against the appellants. Petition under Section 482, CrPC filed by the appellants for quashing, dismissed by High Court. Issue as regards the legality of the summoning order and the Non-speaking - Quashing of: Held: Summoning of an accused in a criminal case is a serious matter - The order of the Magistrate summoning the accused must reflect that he has applied his mind to the facts of the case and the law applicable thereto - However, in the present
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