Supreme Court · 2024 INSC 72 · Decided 30 January 2024

Sachin Garg v. State of U.P & ANR.

Court
Supreme Court of India
Citation
2024 INSC 72 · [2024] 1 S.C.R. 1134
Case number
CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 497/2024
Decided
30 January 2024
Bench
ANIRUDDHA BOSE, SANJAY KUMAR (2-judge bench)
Outcome
Appeal(s) allowed
Case type
Criminal
Acts & sections cited
IPC Section 406, 504, 506, 405; CrPC Section 482

Headnote

In a case wherein the dispute was commercial in nature having no element of criminality, whether the Magistrate was justified in issuing summons for trial u/ss.406, 504 and 506, Penal Code, 1860 and the High Court in dismissing the application filed by the appellant for complaint case. Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 - Issuance of summons, duty of Magistrate - Penal Code, 1860 - ss.406, 504 and 506 - Commercial dispute given criminal colour - Dispute between the parties related to the rate at which the assigned work was

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