Supreme Court · 1960 INSC 61 · Decided 25 March 1960
R. P. Kapur v. The State of Punjab
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1960 INSC 61 · [1960] 3 S.C.R. 388
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 217/1959
- Decided
- 25 March 1960
- Bench
- P.B. GAJENDRAGADKAR, K.N. WANCHOO, K.C. DAS GUPTA (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC; CrPC; Land Acquisition Act Section 4, 6
Headnote
388 SUPREME COURT REPORTS [1960] R. P.KAPUR v. THE STATE OF PUNJAB ( P .B. GAJENDRAGADKAR, K. N. WANCHOO and K. c. DAS GUPTA, JJ.) Criminal Trial-Quashing of proceedings-Inherent power of High Court-When to be exercised-Code of Criminal Procedure, r898 (V .9f I898), s. 56I-A. • One S by S was false. At the instance of S the magistrate ordered K's complaint to stand adjourned till the police made its final report on the first information report. Thereupon K moved the High Court under s. 56r-A of the Code of Criminal Procedure for quashing the proceedings initiated by the first
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