Supreme Court · 1999 INSC 455 · Decided 5 October 1999
Satvinder Kaur v. State (GOVT. of N.C.T. of Delhi) and ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1999 INSC 455 · [1999] SUPP. 3 S.C.R. 348
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1031/1999
- Decided
- 5 October 1999
- Bench
- K.T. THOMAS, M.B. SHAH (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 406, 498, 498A; CrPC Section 156, 170, 177, 178, 482
Headnote
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 : Sections 156, 170, 177, 178 and 482-Quashing of FIR on the ground C of lack of tenitorial jurisdiction to investigate the offence-Allegation of torture and dowry demand against husband and in laws at Patiala--FIR lodged at Delhi-FIR quashed by High Court at the not jus­ tified in quashing the FIR-S.H.O. has statutory authority to investigate any D cognizable offence for which FIR was lodgetf-After investigation, if he comes to the conclusion that the offence was not committed within his tenitorial jurisdiction, he can forward the case to the
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