Supreme Court · 2021 INSC 854 · Decided 9 December 2021
M/S Suvarna Cooperative Bank LTD. v. State of Karnataka and ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2021 INSC 854 · [2021] 9 S.C.R. 389
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1535/2021
- Decided
- 9 December 2021
- Bench
- M.R. SHAH, B.V. NAGARATHNA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 408, 409, 120B, 420, 149; CrPC Section 482, 319, 200
Headnote
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 - ss.482 and 319 - Quashing of criminal proceedings - Held: Merely because some other persons who might have committed the offences, but were not arrayed as accused and were not charge-sheeted cannot be a ground to quash the the accused who is charge- sheeted after a thorough investigation - During the trial if it is found that other accused persons who committed the offence are not charge-sheeted, the Court may array those persons as accused in exercise of powers u/s.319 CrPC. Allowing the appeal, the Court
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