Supreme Court · 2002 INSC 514 · Decided 4 December 2002
Mahesh Chand v. B. Janardhan and ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2002 INSC 514 · [2002] SUPP. 4 S.C.R. 566
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1276/2002
- Decided
- 4 December 2002
- Bench
- M.B. SHAH, D.M. DHARMADHIKARI, S.B. SINHA (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC; CrPC Section 200, 203, 204, 482
Headnote
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973-Sections 200, 203 and 204- Second complaint on same facts-Cognizance of-Held: There is no statutory C bar in filing second complaint-It can be entertained only in exceptional circumstances-However, it could be dismissed if decision against complainant in previous FIR against respondent Police authorities carried out investigation. However, not being satisfied, appellant filed criminal D complaint against respondent Investigating Officer concluded that the dispute between the parties was a civil dispute and filed case disposal report before the Magistrate,
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