Supreme Court · 2018 INSC 315 · Decided 9 April 2018
Munshiram v. State of Rajasthan and ANR. ETC.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2018 INSC 315 · [2018] 3 S.C.R. 847
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 515/2018
- Decided
- 9 April 2018
- Bench
- N.V. RAMANA, S. ABDUL NAZEER (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 306, 147, 323, 341, 351; CrPC Section 482
Headnote
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 - s.482 - Scope of - Quashing of FIR alleging abetment of suicide - FIR lodged against respondents by the father of the deceased alleging that his daughter- in-law and her family harassed his son and the entire family which ultimately led the handwriting of the deceased and the handwriting as present in the suicide note had similarities - High Court quashed the FIR on the ground that the alleged offence of abetment of suicide was not made out - On appeal, held: s.482 has to be utilized cautiously while quashing the FIR
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