Supreme Court · 2009 INSC 1236 · Decided 13 November 2009
Pashaura Singh v. State of Punjab & ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2009 INSC 1236 · [2009] 15 S.C.R. 927
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 2122/2009
- Decided
- 13 November 2009
- Bench
- TARUN CHATTERJEE, RAJENDRA MAL LODHA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 498A, 494, 506134; CrPC Section 482
Headnote
A B Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 - s. 482 - FIR ulss. 498A, 494 and 506134 /PC - By relative of first wife against the husband and his family members - Alleging second marriage and demand of dowry- Petition uls. 482- Plea of husband that , C second marriage performed after obtaining divorce court - High Court quashing the FIR as ' regards family members - FIR against husband not quashed - On appeal, held: FIR against husband liable to be quashed - FIR is attended with malafides and actuated with ulterior 0 motive - Allegations under the provisions of /PC not made out - Prosecution
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