Supreme Court · 2010 INSC 512 · Decided 13 August 2010
Preeti Gupta & Another v. State of Jharkhand & Another
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2010 INSC 512 · [2010] 9 S.C.R. 1168
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1512/2010
- Decided
- 13 August 2010
- Bench
- DALVEER BHANDARI, K.S. RADHAKRISHNAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 3, 4; CrPC Section 482
Headnote
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973: s. 482 - Inherent powers of High Court - Exercise of - Criminal complaint u!s. 498-A, 406, 341, 323 and 120-B and ss. 3 and 4 of the 1961 Act against immediate relatives of husband - Issuance of summons - Challenge to, by o (appellants) - High Court dismissing the petition - On appeal, held: There were no specific a/legations against appellants · in the complaint nor any role was ascribed to them by witnesses - Said relatives were living in different cities and E never visited or rarely visited the
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