Supreme Court · 2021 INSC 872 · Decided 11 December 2021
State of Odisha v. Pratima Mohanty ETC.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2021 INSC 872 · [2021] 9 S.C.R. 335
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1455/2021
- Decided
- 11 December 2021
- Bench
- M.R. SHAH, B.V. NAGARATHNA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 13(2), 13(1)(d), 120B; CrPC Section 482; Prevention of Corruption Act Section 13(2), 13(1)(d)
Headnote
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 - s. 482 - An FIR was lodged u/s. 420 r/w.120B IPC and ss.13(2) and 13(1)(d) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 against the public servants occupying crucial positions in Bhubaneswar Development Authority (BDA) and in Housing and Development entered into a criminal conspiracy, abusing their official position distributed prime plots among themselves and their relatives at minimal rates - Five Accused persons approached High Court u/s.482 Cr.P.C. to quash the criminal proceedings - The High Court partly allowed the
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