Supreme Court of India

Parminder Kaur v. State of U.P.

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Reported as [2009] 15 S.C.R. 430
Bench Tarun Chatterjee and V.S. Sirpurkar JJ.
Decided 26 October 2009

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What the Court ordered

In view of the above we are of the clear opinion that this prosecution is nothing but an abuse of the process of law and we, therefore, allow this appeal, set aside the impugned C judgment and quash the Prosecution Case No.3045 of 2004 pending in the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Rampur.

Judgment, page 20

From the headnote

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973: s.482 - FIR lodged r- .... u/ss.420146714681471 /PC against sister in law - Allegation c that she committed forgery by filing false affidavit wherein dates were altered - Petition uls. 482 before High Court, dismissed - On appeal, held: Manner in which litigation was fought shows that the criminal prosecution was started to wreak vengeance - Trial court took cognizance of non existent offence mechanically - Complainant was not able to show • that appellant could be benefitted in any manner by changing the dates - Change could not and did not result in any

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