Supreme Court · 2015 INSC 984 · Decided 31 March 2015
S. Krishnamoorthy v. Chellammal
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2015 INSC 984 · [2015] 4 S.C.R. 182
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1771/2010
- Decided
- 31 March 2015
- Bench
- DIPAK MISRA, PRAFULLA C. PANT (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- CrPC Section 482; NI Act Section 138
Headnote
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973- s. 482- Power under, exercise of - Criminal proceedings initiated against respondent relating to offence punishable u/s. 138 NI Act­ Petition uls. 482 by the respondent seeking quashing of the D proceedings -Allowed by the High Court holding that the material suspicion in the case of the complainant- On appeal, held: High Court committed grave error of law in examining the a/legations and counter a/legations which are highly disputed and factual E in nature in a proceedings uls. 482 - Such type of disputed factual defences could have been
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