Supreme Court · 2009 INSC 510 · Decided 15 April 2009
State of M.P. v. Chunnilal @ Chunni Singh
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2009 INSC 510 · [2009] 6 S.C.R. 145
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 943/2003
- Decided
- 15 April 2009
- Bench
- ARIJIT PASAYAT, A.K. GANGULY (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Partly allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 376, 506; CrPC
Headnote
A B Scheduled Castes and Scheduled T:ibes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989/Scheduled Castes and Scheduled C Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Rules, 1995 - Ss. 3 and 91 r. 7 - Case under the provisions of the Act and under provisions of /PC - Non-investigation of, by competent police officer - in respect of offences under the Act is illegal - But when the offences are D both under /PC and the Act, such investigation qua the offences under /PC are not illegal - On facts, since complaint was under /PC as also under the Act, entire proceedings not liable to be quashed -
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