Supreme Court · 2023 INSC 189 · Decided 1 March 2023
The State of Chattisgarh & Anr v. Aman Kumar Singh & ORS. ETC. Etc
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2023 INSC 189 · [2023] 2 S.C.R. 134
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 646/2023
- Decided
- 1 March 2023
- Bench
- S. RAVINDRA BHAT, DIPANKAR DATTA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 120; CrPC Section 482; Constitution Article 226; Prevention of Corruption Act Section 13(1)(b)
Headnote
Constitution of India - Art.226 - Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 - ss.13(1)(b), (2) - FIR registered against one 'AS' and his wife 'YS' - FIR quashed by High Court - Justification of - Held: In the present case, FIR does make cognizable offence having been committed by 'AS' and 'YS' - Power of quashing a criminal proceeding should be exercised very sparingly and with circumspection and that too in the rarest of rare cases - Whenever its powers are invoked either u/Art.226 or s.482,
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