Supreme Court · 2026 INSC 42 · Decided 9 January 2026
Yerram Vijay Kumar v. The State of Telangana & ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2026 INSC 42 · [2026] 1 S.C.R. 439
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 147/2026
- Decided
- 9 January 2026
- Bench
- J.K. MAHESHWARI, K. VINOD CHANDRAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Partly allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 420, 406, 426, 468, 470, 471, 120B; CrPC Section 482; Companies Act Section 448, 451, 436(2), 447, 213
Headnote
Whether cognizance of the alleged offences u/ss.448 and 451, Companies Act, 2013 could have been taken on a private complaint in view of the statutory scheme of the Companies Act and if not, whether the criminal proceedings must be quashed in respect of those sections; if offences u/ss.448 and 451, Companies Act ought to be quashed, would the criminal proceedings also have to be quashed in respect of the offences under the IPC in light of the provisions as contained in s.436(2), Companies Act; whether continuation of the criminal proceedings would amount to abuse
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