Supreme Court · 2025 INSC 229 · Decided 17 February 2025
State of Karnataka v. T.N. Sudhakar Reddy
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2025 INSC 229 · [2025] 2 S.C.R. 1241
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 5001/2024
- Decided
- 17 February 2025
- Bench
- DIPANKAR DATTA, SANDEEP MEHTA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- BNSS Section 30, 173; CrPC Section 154, 36; Prevention of Corruption Act Section 17
Headnote
Whether High Court was justified in quashing the FIR registered against the Respondent in the absence of a preliminary enquiry before registration of FIR under the provisions of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988; whether a composite order can be passed under Section Act, 1988 directing registration of FIR and conducting investigation in the case. Requirement of preliminary inquiry before directing registration of an FIR under the Prevention of Corruption Act: Held: Conducting a preliminary inquiry is not sine qua non for registering a
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