Supreme Court · 2025 INSC 397 · Decided 26 March 2025
State REP. BY the Deputy Superintendent of Police, Vigilance and Anti Corruption Chennai City-I Department v. G. Easwaran
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2025 INSC 397 · [2025] 3 S.C.R. 1174
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1405/2019
- Decided
- 26 March 2025
- Bench
- PAMIDIGHANTAM SRI NARASIMHA, MANOJ MISRA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- CrPC Section 482; Prevention of Corruption Act Section 13(1)(e), 13(2)
Headnote
The High Court quashed the criminal proceedings against the respondent u/s.13(2) r/w. s.13(1)(e) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 for possessing assets disproportionate to known sources jurisdiction u/s.482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 - s.13(2) r/w. s.13(1)(e) - Allegation that appellant was hoarding assets disproportionate to his income - FIR registered u/ss.13(2) r/w. s.13(1)(e) of the
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