Supreme Court · 2009 INSC 1167 · Decided 7 October 2009
Neelu Chopra and ANR. v. Bharti
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2009 INSC 1167 · [2009] 14 S.C.R. 1074
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 949/2003
- Decided
- 7 October 2009
- Bench
- V.S. SIRPURKAR, DEEPAK VERMA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 406, 498A, 114; CrPC Section 482
Headnote
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973: s.482 - Complaint + filed against husband and in-laws under ss. 406, 498A read c with s. 114 /PC - Cognizance of offence - Petition for quashing order of cognizance - Husband expired in 2006 - Petition for quashing dismissed - Appeal by parents-in-law - Held: about the precise acts of the appellants - Particulars of offence D committed by appellants and role played by them in ~ committing that offence not mentioned in the complaint - A/legations primarily made against husband who has already expired - Under such circumstances, allowing prosecution to
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