Supreme Court · 2019 INSC 307 · Decided 5 March 2019
The State of Madhya Pradesh v. Laxmi Narayan and Others
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2019 INSC 307 · [2019] 2 S.C.R. 864
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 349/2019
- Decided
- 5 March 2019
- Bench
- A.K. SIKRI, S. ABDUL NAZEER, M.R. SHAH (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 307; CrPC Section 482, 320; Prevention of Corruption Act; Arms Act
Headnote
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973: s. 482 - Inherent powers of the High Court - Quashing of FIR - On facts, FIR for the offences u/ss. 307 and 34 and for the offences punishable u/ss. 323, 294, 308 and 34 respectively - Court on basis of compromise between the complainant and the accused - Sustainability of - Held: Not sustainable - High Court mechanically quashed the FIR, in exercise of its powers u/s. 482 CrPC - High Court did not at all consider the fact that the offences alleged were
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