Supreme Court · 2025 INSC 105 · Decided 23 January 2025
Madhushree Datta v. The State of Karnataka & ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2025 INSC 105 · [2025] 2 S.C.R. 187
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 4884/2024
- Decided
- 23 January 2025
- Bench
- DIPANKAR DATTA, PRASHANT KUMAR MISHRA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 504, 509, 323, 506; CrPC
Headnote
Issue arose as to whether, based on the materials on record, prima facie, ingredients of the offences u/ss.323, 504, 506, 509, and 511 IPC are made out; whether the chargesheet and the related criminal proceedings against the appellants, liable to be quashed; and whether of "filthy language" allegedly used by the appellants in scolding the complainant, sufficient to establish commission of offences u/s.504 and 509 IPC. Penal Code, 1860 - ss.323, 504, 506, 509, and 511 - Mere assertion of "filthy language" or
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