Supreme Court · 2013 INSC 590 · Decided 6 September 2013
Umesh Kumar v. State of Andhra Pradesh & Anr
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2013 INSC 590 · [2013] 14 S.C.R. 213
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1305/2013
- Decided
- 6 September 2013
- Bench
- B.S. CHAUHAN, S.A. BOBDE (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- CrPC Section 482, 227, 228, 216, 217, 161, 306; CPC Section 139; Constitution Article 21
Headnote
Constitution of India, 1950 - Art.21 - Right to life - Right A B to reputation - Held: Reputation is a sort of right to enjoy the good opinion of others and it is a personal right and an C enquiry to reputation is a personal injury - Personal rights of a human being include the right of reputation of personal security and is protected by the Constitution equally with the right to enjoyment of life, liberty and property. D Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 - s.482 - Charge sheet - Quashing of - Held: Law does not prohibit entertaining the petition uls.482 CrPC for quashing the charge
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