Supreme Court · 2021 INSC 366 · Decided 28 July 2021
The State of Kerala v. K. Ajith & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2021 INSC 366 · [2021] 6 S.C.R. 774
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 697/2021
- Decided
- 28 July 2021
- Bench
- D.Y. CHANDRACHUD, M.R. SHAH (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 3(1); CrPC Section 321, 173; Evidence Act Section 65B; Constitution Article 105, 194
Headnote
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973: s. 321 - Withdrawal of prosecution - Respondents-MLAs allegedly disrupted the presentation of the budget by climbing on to the dais of the Speaker and damaging furniture and articles causing huge loss - Registration the behest of the Legislative Secretary u/ss. 447 and 427 r/w s. 34 IPC and s. 3(1) of the Prevention of Damage to Public Property Act, 1984 - Cognizance taken by Chief Judicial Magistrate-CJM upon submission of the final report u/s 173 CrPC - Application u/s 321 by the public
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