Supreme Court of India

Pashaura Singh v. State of Punjab & Anr.

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Reported as [2009] 15 S.C.R. 927
Bench Tarun Chatterjee and R.M. Lodha JJ.
Decided 13 November 2009

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What the Court ordered

Resultantly, F.1.R.. No. 9 dated January 21, 2002 registered at Police Station Sehna and all subsequent proceedings pursuant thereto stand quashed and set aside.

Judgment, page 6

From the headnote

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 - s. 482 - FIR ulss. 498A, 494 and 506134 /PC - By relative of first wife against the husband and his family members - Alleging second marriage and demand of dowry- Petition uls. 482- Plea of husband that , second marriage performed after obtaining divorce from his first wife from a foreign court - High Court quashing the FIR as ' regards family members - FIR against husband not quashed - On appeal, held: FIR against husband liable to be quashed - FIR is attended with malafides and actuated with ulterior 0 motive - Allegations under the provisions of /PC not

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