Supreme Court · 2022 INSC 549 · Decided 10 May 2022
Rekha Jain v. The State of Karnataka & ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2022 INSC 549 · [2022] 3 S.C.R. 558
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 749/2022
- Decided
- 10 May 2022
- Bench
- M.R. SHAH, B.V. NAGARATHNA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Partly allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 420; CrPC Section 482
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860: s. 420 - Cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property - Necessary ingredient of s. 420 - Held: To make out a case against a person for the offence u/s. 420, there must be a dishonest inducement to deceive a person to deliver any property to any On facts, no allegation at all against accused-appellant of any inducement by her to deceive and to deliver the gold jewellery - Allegations of dishonest inducement and cheating against her husband - Thus, it cannot be said that she has committed any offence u/s. 420 for which she is
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