Supreme Court · 2024 INSC 846 · Decided 7 November 2024
Ramji Lal Bairwa & ANR. v. State of Rajasthan & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2024 INSC 846 · [2024] 11 S.C.R. 641
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 3403/2023
- Decided
- 7 November 2024
- Bench
- C.T. RAVIKUMAR, SANJAY KUMAR (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 354A, 342, 509; CrPC Section 482; Constitution Article 136; POCSO Act Section 7, 8
Headnote
Issue arose as regards whether a third party to a criminal proceeding got locus standi to challenge the order quashing the FIR lodged against the teacher by the father of the minor victim under the Penal Code, POCSO Act and SC/ST Act, for sexually assaulting the minor based on a compromise arrived at by the parties, in a Special Leave Petition u/Art.136; and whether the power to quash criminal proceedings or FIR in regard to heinous and serious offences having serious impact on society, is exercisable merely because the offender and victim or parents of the
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