Supreme Court of India

Praveen Pradhan v. State of Uttranchal & Anr.

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Reported as [2012] 8 S.C.R. 1129

Decided 4 October 2012

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Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 - s. 482 - Charge u/ s. 306 /PC - Alleging constant humiliation and insult to the deceased, driving him to commit suicide - Petition for quashing the criminal proceedings - Dismissed by High Court - On appeal, held: The allegations in FIR supported by the suicide note and police statement of family members of the deceased - In view of the facts and circumstances of the case, criminal proceedings cannot be quashed. ss. 482 and 228 - Application for quashing of proceedings - Held: While dealing with such application, court cannot form a firm opinion, but a

Authorities it was built on

2001 Ramesh Kumar v. State of Chhattisgarh cited by 27
2009 Chitresh Kumar Chopra v. State (govt. of Nct of Delhi) cited by 17
2010 Madan Mohan Singh v. State of Gujarat and Anr. cited by 10
2002 Sanju @ Sanja Y Singh Sengar v. State of M.P. cited by 7
2007 Kishori Lal v. State of M.P. cited by 7
1991 State of Punjab v. Iqbal Singh and Ors. cited by 4
2006 Surender v. State of Haryana cited by 1
2008 Sonti Rama Krishna v. Sonti Shanti Sree and Anr. cited by 1

Where later benches applied it

2021 Mahendra K C v. The State of Karnataka & Anr. relied on
2020 Arnab Manoranjan Goswami v. The State of Maharashtra & Ors. referred to
2017 Pawan Kumar v. State of H.P. referred to
2015 State of Kerala and Others v. S. Unnikrishnan Nair and Others distinguished

Of those, 1 relied on · 1 distinguished · 2 referred to

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