Supreme Court · 2023 INSC 894 · Decided 9 October 2023
State of Gujarat v. Dilipsinh Kishorsinh Rao
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2023 INSC 894 · [2023] 13 S.C.R. 847
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 2504/2023
- Decided
- 9 October 2023
- Bench
- S. RAVINDRA BHAT, ARAVIND KUMAR (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- CrPC Section 397, 227, 401
Headnote
HEADNOTES Issue for consideration: Whether the High Court was justifi ed in allowing the application for discharge fi led by the accused; and as such whether the order of the sanctioning authority is liable to be set aside and consequently, the charge-sheet fi led by to be quashed. Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 - ss. 397, 227, 401 - Application for discharge - Principles to be considered: Held: The court must proceed on an assumption that the material brought on record by the prosecution is true and evaluate the said material to
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