Supreme Court · 2020 INSC 179 · Decided 13 February 2020
Padma Mishra v. State of Uttarakhand & ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2020 INSC 179 · [2020] 7 S.C.R. 1010
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 20/2010
- Decided
- 13 February 2020
- Bench
- INDIRA BANERJEE, ANIRUDDHA BOSE (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC; Constitution Article 226
Headnote
Constitution of India: Art.226 - FIR instituted against the appellant under ss.2/3 of the Uttar Pradesh Gangsters and Anti- Social Activities (Prevention) Act, 1986 - Writ petition seeking quashing of FIR, dismissed by High Court - On appeal, held: In proceedings under High Court does not adjudicate the correctness of the allegations in an FIR - The Court may only intervene in exceptional cases, if the allegations made in the FIR ex facie do not disclose any offence at all - In this case, the FIR, in substance, contained the allegation
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