Supreme Court · 2024 INSC 316 · Decided 18 April 2024
Mukhtar Zaidi v. The State of Uttar Pradesh & ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2024 INSC 316 · [2024] 4 S.C.R. 655
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 2134/2024
- Decided
- 18 April 2024
- Bench
- VIKRAM NATH, SATISH CHANDRA SHARMA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 147, 342, 323, 307, 506; CrPC Section 190(1)(b), 173(2), 200, 482
Headnote
Whether CJM as also the High Court fell in error in taking cognizance u/s. 190(1)(b) Cr.P.C. inasmuch as the CJM had relied upon not only the Protest Petition which was supported by affidavit of the complainant but also on the affidavits of witnesses which were Protest Petition to support the contents of the complaint. Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 - s.190(1)(b), s.200 - FIR lodged - Police report filed u/s. 173(2) Cr.P.C. - I.O. found that no evidence could be collected which could substantiate the allegations made
Judgments are the courts' own published copies, provided for study; they are not certified copies. Source: Indian Supreme Court & High Court Judgments, Dattam Labs (CC-BY-4.0)