Supreme Court of India

Babubhai v. State of Gujarat & Ors. Etc.

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Reported as [2010] 10 S.C.R. 651

Bench P. Sathasivam and Dr. B.S. Chauhan JJ.

Decided 26 August 2010

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17 Supreme Court benches have cited this judgment.

From the headnote

FIR - Two FIRs - Investigation into - Permissibility - Held: If the court finds that both the FIRs relate to the same incident, second FIR is liable to be cancelled - But if both the FIRs are in respect of different incidents, investigation in both the FIRs has to be conducted - On facts, the two FIRs pertained to the same transaction - High Court rightly quashed the second FIR - Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 - s. 154. Investigation - Two FIRs lodged - High Court quashing one of the FIRs and finding that investigation was biased and unfair, directed investigation info the surviving FIR by

Where later benches applied it

2020 Neetu Kumar Nagaich v. The State of Rajasthan and Others relied on
2020 Arnab Ranjan Goswami v. Union of India and Ors. relied on
2019 Pattu Rajan v. The State of Tamil Nadu relied on
2018 Mohanlal v. The State of Punjab relied on
2013 Bharati Tamang v. Union of India & Ors. relied on
2013 Karan Singh v. State of Haryana and Anr. relied on
2013 Amitbhai Anilchandra Shah v. The Central Bureau of Investigation & Anr. relied on
2011 Shiv Shankar Singh v. State of Bihar & Anr. relied on
2011 Mohd. Imran Khan v. State (govt. of Nct of Delhi) relied on
2025 State of Rajasthan v. Surendra Singh Rathore referred to
2023 Anant Thanur Karmuse v. The State of Maharashtra & Ors referred to
2020 Mukesh Singh v. State (narcotic Branch of Delhi) referred to
2019 Pradeep Ram v. The State of Jharkhand & Anr. referred to
2014 J.V. Baharuni & Anr. v. State of Gujarat & Anr. referred to
2013 Surender Kaushik and Others v. State of Uttar Pradesh and Others referred to
2012 Anju Chaudhary v. State of U.P. & Anr. referred to
2019 Haribhai Malaviya and Ors. v. The State of Gujarat and Anr. not applicable

Of those, 9 relied on · 7 referred to · 1 not applicable

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