Supreme Court · 2021 INSC 177 · Decided 10 March 2021
Priti Saraf & ANR. v. State of NCT of Delhi & ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2021 INSC 177 · [2021] 2 S.C.R. 577
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 296/2021
- Decided
- 10 March 2021
- Bench
- INDU MALHOTRA, AJAY RASTOGI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 420, 406, 34, 415, 418; CrPC Section 482
Headnote
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 - s.482 - Scope and ambit of - Commercial transaction - FIR against respondent no.2 and one more person u/ss.420, 406 and 34 IPC - High Court quashed all the criminal proceedings - On appeal, held: To exercise powers u/s.482, the basis of the allegation made in the complaint/FIR/charge-sheet - At that stage, High Court not under an obligation to go into the matter or examine its correctness - Whatever appears on the face of the complaint/FIR/charge-sheet shall be taken into consideration without any critical
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