Supreme Court · 2021 INSC 700 · Decided 29 October 2021
Mahendra K C v. The State of Karnataka & ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2021 INSC 700 · [2021] 10 S.C.R. 582
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1238/2021
- Decided
- 29 October 2021
- Bench
- D.Y. CHANDRACHUD, B.V. NAGARATHNA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 306; CrPC Section 482
Headnote
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973: s.482 - Exercise of power under, scope - Prosecution case was that the victim-deceased, the driver of accused-second respondent committed suicide - In the suicide note, he had made serious and the accused second respondent of amassing wealth disproportionate to the known sources of income and a detailed account of the role of the accused in the events which led to the deceased committing suicide - Second respondent successfully filed s.482 application for quashing the criminal
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