Supreme Court · 2019 INSC 919 · Decided 19 August 2019
Saleem Ahmed v. State & ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2019 INSC 919 · [2019] 10 S.C.R. 669
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1244/2019
- Decided
- 19 August 2019
- Bench
- ABHAY MANOHAR SAPRE, R. SUBHASH REDDY (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- CrPC Section 482; Electricity Act Section 135
Headnote
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973: s.482 - Quashing of FIR - Allegation of theft of electricity - Demand raised by the respondent-Electricity Department - Dispute referred to Lok Adalat - Dispute amicably settled between the appellant-consumer and the Electricity and final satisfaction of entire claim - The amount was duly paid by the appellant - However, subsequently, the respondent lodged FIR against the appellant in relation to the same demand - High Court refused to quash the FIR - On appeal, held: The dispute was amicably
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