Supreme Court · 2022 INSC 705 · Decided 11 July 2022
State of Uttar Pradesh & ANR. v. Akhil Sharda & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2022 INSC 705 · [2022] 6 S.C.R. 772
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 840/2022
- Decided
- 11 July 2022
- Bench
- M.R. SHAH, B.V. NAGARATHNA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 406, 420; CrPC Section 482
Headnote
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973: s. 482 - Quashing of criminal proceedings - Sustainability of - On facts, FIRs u/ss. 406 and 420 IPC - Allegations relating to disappearance of trucks loaded with beer from highways - High Court quashed the criminal proceedings FIR including the charge-sheet filed by the Investigating Agency as well as the summoning order passed by the trial court - On appeal, held: High Court virtually conducted a mini trial, which was not permissible at this stage - At the stage of deciding the application u/s. 482, the
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