Supreme Court of India

Rahul Agarwal v. Rakesh Jain and Anr.

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Reported as [2005] 1 S.C.R. 521
Bench K.G. Balakrishnan and B.N. Srikrishna JJ.
Decided 18 January 2005

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2 Supreme Court benches have cited this judgment.

What the Court ordered

In the result, we set aside the impugned order and direct the Judicial First Class Magistrate, Katni, to restore the case to the file, proceed in accordance with law and dispose of the same on merits at an early date.

Judgment, page 6

From the headnote

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973: S.321-Withdrawal from prosecution-Trial of accused under ss. 341, 295 and 506(2) r!w s.34 /PC- Case posted for examination of accused- Application for withdrawal of prosecution by Asstt. Public Prosecutor contending that accused was not a habitual criminal-Rejected by trial court and revisional court but allowed by High Court for delay at the trial-Held, reason given by High Court is not correct-When trial was to be over, High Court should not have allowed it to be withdrawn-High Court's order set aside. Pending a land dispute between appellant and respondent

Where later benches applied it

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