Supreme Court · 2021 INSC 253 · Decided 13 April 2021
Neeharika Infrastructure PVT. LTD. v. State of Maharashtra and Others
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2021 INSC 253 · [2021] 4 S.C.R. 1044
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 330/2021
- Decided
- 13 April 2021
- Bench
- D.Y. CHANDRACHUD, M.R. SHAH, SANJIV KHANNA (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 406, 420, 465, 468, 471, 120B; CrPC Section 482, 340, 438; Constitution Article 226
Headnote
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 - s.482 - Constitution of India - Article 226 - Quashing of FIR - Blanket interim orders of stay of investigation and/or "no coercive steps to be adopted" during pendency of u/Art.226 - Impermissibility of - Held: Police has the statutory right and duty to investigate into a cognizable offence - Save in exceptional cases, the Court should not interfere at the stage of investigation of offences - When the investigation is in progress and the
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