Supreme Court of India

Manharibhai Muljibhai Kakadia & Anr. v. Shaileshbhai Mohanbhai Patel & Ors.

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Reported as [2012] 8 S.C.R. 1015

Bench R.M. Lodha, Chandramauli Kr. Prasad and Sudhansu Jyoti Mukhopadhaya JJ.

Decided 1 October 2012

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From the headnote

CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE, 1973: c ss. 397and 401(2) read with ss. 202 and 203- Revision against order u/s 203 dismissing the complaint - Right of the person accused I suspect to be heard - Held: In the proceedings uls. 202 the person accused/suspect is not entitled to be heard on the question whether the process 0 should be issued against him or not - However, in a revision petition preferred by complainant before High Court or Sessions Judge challenging an order of the Magistrate dismissing the complaint u/s. 203 at the stage u/s. 200 or after following the process contemplated u/s. 202 of

Authorities it was built on

1976 Smt. Nagawwa v. Veeranna Shivalingappa Konjalgi & Ors. cited by 51
1960 Vadilal Panchal v. Dattatraya Dulaji Ghadigaonker and Another cited by 18
1963 Jamuna Singh and Others v. Bhadai Sah cited by 13
1959 Narayandas Bhagwandas Madhavdas v. The State of West Bengal cited by 11
1993 Kishun Singh and Ors. v. State of Bihar cited by 8
1971 Darshan Singh Ram Kishan v. State of Maharashtra cited by 5
1994 Stte of West Bengal and Anr. v. Mohammad Khalid and Ors. Etc. Etc. cited by 5
2008 Raghu Raj Singh Rousha v. M/s. Shivam Sundraram Promoters (p) L & Anr. cited by 4
2009 Santhanam v. State of Tamil Nadu cited by 4
1963 Chandra Deo Singh v. Prokash Chandra Bose & Anr. cited by 3
2006 State of Karnataka and Anr. v. Pastor P. Raju cited by 3

Where later benches applied it

2025 Jamin & Anr. v. State of Uttar Pradesh & Anr. relied on
2015 Mrs. Priyankasrivastavaandanother v. State of U.p.and Others relied on
2025 Mahabir & Ors. v. State of Haryana referred to
2022 Devendra Nath Singh v. State of Bihar & Ors. referred to
2016 L. Narayana Swamy v. State of Karnataka & Ors. referred to
2015 Ramdev Food Products Private Limited v. State of Gujarat referred to
2014 Bal Manohar Jalan v. Sunil Paswan & Anr. referred to
2013 Mohit Alias Sonu and Another v. State of U.P. and Another referred to
2025 Kallu Nat Alias Mayank Kumar Nagar v. State of U.P. and Anr. mentioned

Of those, 2 relied on · 6 referred to · 1 mentioned

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