Supreme Court of India
Devendra &ors. v. State of U.P. & Anr.
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Penal Code, 1860 - ss. 420, 467, 468 and 469 - Civil litigation between co-sharers regarding extent of their shares - One of the parties selling a portion of the suit property to • c third party - Other litigating party filing complaint alleging -cheating and forgery- FIR lodged - Petition for quashing FIR • dismissed - After investigation cognizance of the offences taken by Magistrate - Petition for quashing the criminal proceedings dismissed - On appeal, held: Execution of sale deed of the property claiming title to which the vendor was not entitled, would not, on facts, amount to cheating
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- 2020 M/s Bandekar Brothers Pvt. Ltd. & Anr v. Prasad Vassudev Keni, Etc. Etc
- 2016 Dr. Rini Johar & Anr. v. State of M.P. & Ors.
- 2025 S.C. Garg v. State of Uttar Pradesh & Anr.
- 2024 Muskan Enterprises & Anr. v. The State of Punjab & Anr.
- 2022 Sri Narendra Kumar A. Baldota v. The State of Karnataka
- 2012 Gian Singh v. State of Punjab & Another
- 2014 Vijayander Kumar & Ors. v. State of Rajasthan & Anr.
Of those, 2 relied on · 4 referred to · 1 mentioned
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