Supreme Court · 2025 INSC 636 · Decided 15 April 2025
Suresh Kumar Agarwal v. M/S Haldia Steels Limited & Anr
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2025 INSC 636 · [2025] 4 S.C.R. 2473
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1952/2025
- Decided
- 15 April 2025
- Bench
- VIKRAM NATH, SANDEEP MEHTA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 120B, 406, 420; CrPC
Headnote
Whether the High Court erred in directing further investigation into the highly belated complaint filed by the complainant-Company after unexplained delay of six years by twisting and manipulating the facts to give a colour of criminal offence to a purely of law - Criminal color imparted to a civil dispute - Further investigation directed - Impermissibility - Complainant-Company filed complaint alleging non-supply of manganese ore against the advance payment of Rs.50 lakhs, FIR registered u/ss.120B, 406 and 420, IPC
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