Supreme Court · 1989 INSC 345 · Decided 15 November 1989
MRS. Dhanalakshmi v. R. Prasanna Kumar and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1989 INSC 345 · [1989] SUPP. 2 S.C.R. 165
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 672/1989
- Decided
- 15 November 1989
- Bench
- E.S. VENKATARAMIAH, K.N. SINGH, M. FATHIMA BEEVI (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC; CrPC Section 482
Headnote
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973: S. 482-Proceedings instituted on complaint-Quashing of-Jurisdiction of High Court-No meticulous analysis of case necessary-Complaint to be read as a whole. The criminal complaint instituted by the appellant was taken cognizance of by the Magistrate for offences It was alleged that the first respondent bad_ married the second respondent while the proceedings for decree of divorce were still pending, and that the marriage was performed secretly in the presence of respondent Nos. 3 to 6. The High Court, however, on the application of the first respondent
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