Supreme Court · 2006 INSC 318 · Decided 11 May 2006
Ram Biraji Devi and ANR. v. Umesh Kumar Singh and ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2006 INSC 318 · [2006] SUPP. 2 S.C.R. 329
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 632/2006
- Decided
- 11 May 2006
- Bench
- ASHOK BHAN, LOKESHWAR SINGH PANTA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 406, 419, 420, 120; CrPC Section 482
Headnote
B Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973-Section 482-Quashing of Complaint/FIR-Dispute in respect of sale and purchase of land-Complaint under sections 406, 419, 420 and 120-B /PC alleging that the seller after accepting the consideration amount refused to transfer the plot to the of cognizance-Dismissal by High Court-On appeal held: Dispute amounts to civil liability inter se the parties-No prima facie case was made out by complainant-purchaser against the seller involving them in the commission of the alleged offence­ Cognizance taken by the Magistrate was an abuse
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