Supreme Court · 2024 INSC 278 · Decided 5 April 2024
The State of Madhya Pradesh v. Shilpa Jain & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2024 INSC 278 · [2024] 4 S.C.R. 372
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1565/2024
- Decided
- 5 April 2024
- Bench
- VIKRAM NATH, SATISH CHANDRA SHARMA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC; CrPC Section 482; Land Revenue Code
Headnote
Whether the High Court is correct in exercising its jurisdiction under Section 482 CrPC to quash the FIR filed against Respondents. Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 - s. 482 - Whether High Court proceeded on false premise that the Suit Property State of Madhya Pradesh - Consequently proceeded to quash the FIR against Respondents: Held: The Trial Court categorically found that the Suit Property belonged to the State of Madhya Pradesh while dismissing the Civil Suit - This finding was upheld by the High Court - The facts
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