Supreme Court of India

Ashfaq Khan and Anr. v. State of U.P. and Ors.

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Reported as [2008] 2 S.C.R. 271
Bench Dr. Arijit Pasayat and P. Sathasivam JJ.
Decided 1 February 2008

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Constitution of India, 1950 - Article 226 - FIR lodged - Writ Petition for quashing of FIR - Dismissed relying on decisionldeisions in other writ petitions before High Court - c On appeal, held: High Court did not show applicability of ratio of the decisions in batch of writ petitions to the present case - Hence matter remitted to High Court - Penal Code, 1860 - ss. 420 and 424 - Uttar Pradesh Gangstors and Anti-Social Activities (Prevention) Act, 1986 - ss. 2 and 3. Appellants filed a writ petition for seeking quashing of First Information Report lodged for alleged commission of offences

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