Supreme Court · 1992 INSC 130 · Decided 28 April 1992
SMT. Chand Dhawan v. Jawahar Lal and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1992 INSC 130 · [1992] 2 S.C.R. 837
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 269/1992
- Decided
- 28 April 1992
- Bench
- S. RATNAVEL PANDIAN, M. FATHIMA BEEVI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 494; CrPC Section 482
Headnote
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