Supreme Court · 2025 INSC 202 · Decided 5 February 2025
P.M. Lokanath and Others v. State of Karnataka and Another
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2025 INSC 202 · [2025] 2 S.C.R. 622
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 2514/2014
- Decided
- 5 February 2025
- Bench
- BHUSHAN RAMKRISHNA GAVAI, K. VINOD CHANDRAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 448, 506; CrPC Section 482; CPC Section 1, 2; Constitution Article 226
Headnote
Whether the initiation of criminal proceedings at the instance of respondent no.2 in the present case was totally activated by mala fide, instituted with an ulterior motive for wreaking vengeance and with a view to spite the appellants. Penal Code, 1860 - Appellants had filed two civil suits, i.e. one for permanent injunction to prohibit respondent no.2 and the other for declaration of ownership of the suit property - Respondent no.2 filed an FIR u/ss.448 and 506 IPC alleging that appellants had threatened respondent no.2 to withdraw
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