Supreme Court · 2022 INSC 577 · Decided 17 May 2022
Satish Kumar Jatav v. The State of U.P. & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2022 INSC 577 · [2022] 3 S.C.R. 270
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 770/2022
- Decided
- 17 May 2022
- Bench
- M.R. SHAH, B.V. NAGARATHNA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 3(10)(15), 307, 504, 506; CrPC Section 482, 200, 202, 156(3)
Headnote
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 - s.482 - Quashing of criminal proceedings - Legality of - Magistrate summoned the private respondents-accused for offences punishable u/ss.307, 504, 506 of IPC and s.3(10)(15) of the Scheduled Castes of Atrocities) Act - High Court allowed application u/s.482 CrPC preferred by the private respondents-accused and quashed the criminal proceedings as well as summoning order of the Magistrate - Challenge to - Held: The order passed by the High Court was a cryptic,
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