Supreme Court · 2015 INSC 218 · Decided 16 March 2015
Ramdev Food Products Private Limited v. State of Gujarat
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2015 INSC 218 · [2015] 5 S.C.R. 283
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 600/2007
- Decided
- 16 March 2015
- Bench
- T.S. THAKUR, ADARSH KUMAR GOEL, R. BANUMATHI (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- CrPC Section 156(3), 202(1), 202
Headnote
C Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973: ss.156(3) and 202(1) - Investigation under- Scope of - Complaint before Magistrate alleging forgery and D seeking investigation u!s. 156(3) - The Magistrate instead directed the police to give report u/s. 202(1) - High Court declined to interfere Held: The parameters for exercise of power under both the provisions are different - Direction under 156(3) can be issued where an account of E credibility of information is available, or weighing the interest of justice it is considered appropriate to straightaway direct investigation - The
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