Supreme Court · 2021 INSC 416 · Decided 24 August 2021
Saranya v. Bharathi and Another
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2021 INSC 416 · [2021] 8 S.C.R. 513
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 873/2021
- Decided
- 24 August 2021
- Bench
- D.Y. CHANDRACHUD, M.R. SHAH (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC; CrPC Section 482
Headnote
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973: s. 482 - Exercise of power under - Stage of framing of charge - High Court quashed and set aside the criminal proceedings qua co-accused-respondent no. 1 for the offences u/ss. 420, 302 rw 109 IPC - Correctness of - Held: High Court on the basis of the evidence, the accused is likely to be convicted or not - At this stage, while considering the application u/s.482 Cr.P.C., this is not at all permissible - High Court was not conducting the trial and/or was not exercising the jurisdiction as an appellate court
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