Supreme Court · 2008 INSC 226 · Decided 21 February 2008
Som Mittal v. Government of Karnataka
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2008 INSC 226 · [2008] 3 S.C.R. 130
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 206/2008
- Decided
- 21 February 2008
- Bench
- K.G. BALAKRISHNAN, R.V. RAVEENDRAN, J.M. PANCHAL (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Reference answered
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- CrPC Section 482
Headnote
130 ..... ~ A SOM MITTAL v. GOVERNMENT OF KARNATAKA (Criminal Appeal No. 206 of 2008) B FEBRUARY 21, 2008 (K.G. BALAKRISHNAN, CJI, R.V. RAVEENDRAN \. AND J.M. PANCHAL, JJ.) Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973: c S. 482 - Quashing of criminal proceedings - Judgment of Supreme Court dated 29.1.2008 1 that he was not D in agreement with the view of the other Judge that power u/s ,,. 482 shou.ld be used only in "rarest of rare cases" as the phrase is used only with reference to death penalty and its use referring to scope of power uls 482 was inappropriate - The Judge, in para
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