Supreme Court of India

R. P. Kapur v. The State of Punjab

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Reported as [1960] 3 S.C.R. 388

Bench P.B. Gajendragadkar J.

Decided 25 March 1960

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Criminal Trial-Quashing of proceedings-Inherent power of High Court-When to be exercised-Code of Criminal Procedure, r898 (V .9f I898), s. 56I- . • One S lodged a first information report against K. When K found that no action was taken on the report for several months he filed a criminal complaint against S contending that the report lodged by S was false. At the instance of S the magistrate ordered K's complaint to stand adjourned till the police made its final report on the first information report. Thereupon K moved the High Court under s. 56r- of the Code of Criminal Procedure for

Where later benches applied it

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2011 Padal Venkata Rama Reddy @ Ramu v. Kowuri Satyanarayana Reddy and Ors. relied on
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2025 Vinod Bihari Lal v. State of Uttar Pradesh & Anr. referred to
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2024 Sharif Ahmed and Another v. State of Uttar Pradesh and Another referred to
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2023 The State of Chattisgarh & Anr v. Aman Kumar Singh & Ors. Etc. Etc referred to
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2021 Priti Saraf & Anr. v. State of Nct of Delhi & Anr. referred to
2010 Subrata Das v. State of Jharkhand & Anr. referred to
2009 Central Bureau of Investigation v. A. Ravishankar Prasad & Ors referred to

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