Supreme Court · 2023 INSC 669 · Decided 3 August 2023
State of Karnataka Lokayukta Police v. S. Subbegowda
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2023 INSC 669 · [2023] 11 S.C.R. 19
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1598/2023
- Decided
- 3 August 2023
- Bench
- ANIRUDDHA BOSE, BELA M. TRIVEDI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- CrPC Section 482, 227; Prevention of Corruption Act Section 13(1)(e), 19(3), 19(1)
Headnote
HEADNOTES Issues for consideration: (i) Whether the High Court in exercise of its powers u/s. 482 of CrPC could have discharged the respondent-accused from the charges levelled against him for the off ences u/s. 13(1)(e) punishable u/s. 13(2) of the said Act, despite the fact that pressed for his second application for discharge by submitting the Memo dated 02.12.2014 and despite the fact that after framing of the charge by the Special Court on 23.12.2014, the trial had proceeded further and the prosecution had examined 17 witnesses in support of its case? (ii) Whether the
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