Supreme Court · 2025 INSC 415 · Decided 17 March 2025
Ranjit Sarkar v. Ravi Ganesh Bhardwaj and Others
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2025 INSC 415 · [2025] 3 S.C.R. 1448
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1593/2025
- Decided
- 17 March 2025
- Bench
- DIPANKAR DATTA, MANMOHAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 304A; CrPC Section 256, 482, 200, 204(1), 1
Headnote
Whether in the instant case, the Judicial Magistrate in terms of s.256, Cr.PC was justified in dismissing the complaint for default vide order dated 16.04.2021. Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 - s.256 - Appellant lodged a complaint alleging issued process - Respondent arrayed as accused therein filed an application u/s. 482 Cr.PC (CRR No. 2327 of 2018) and sought quashing of summons - The High Court stayed proceedings - Owing to outbreak of COVID, there was national lockdown - Despite the aforesaid stay,
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