Supreme Court · 2017 INSC 1276 · Decided 24 March 2017
Manju Devi v. Onkarjit Singh Ahluwalia @ Omkarjeet Singh & Others
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2017 INSC 1276 · [2017] 2 S.C.R. 703
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 570/2017
- Decided
- 24 March 2017
- Bench
- R.K. AGRAWAL, ASHOK BHUSHAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 354; CrPC Section 438; Constitution Article 17; SC/ST Act Section 3, 18
Headnote
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 - s.438 - Anticipatory bail granted to the respondents accused of commission of offence u!ss.323, 354 and 452 !PC and s.3(1){xi) of SC/ST Act -Appeal by complainant - Held: s.438 of the Code is not available in respect of offences under the SC/ST Act - Offences Act fall into a separate and special class - High Court committed grave error in granting anticipatory bail lo respondents - Constitution of India - Art.17 - Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 - s.3(/)(xi). Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes
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