Supreme Court of India

Moti Lal Songara v. Prem Prakash @ Pappu and Anr.

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Reported as [2013] 6 S.C.R. 496

Bench K.S. Radhakrishnan J.

Decided 16 May 2013

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What the Court ordered

In view of the aforesaid enunciation of law, we are of o the considered view that the order taking cognizance cannot be found fault with.

Judgment, page 14

From the headnote

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 - s.190(1)(b) - Orde of Magistrate taking cognizance against accused-responder' no. 1 - Held: On facts, cannot be found fault with - Thi Magistrate took cognizance on the basis of facts brought ft his notice by the appellant-informant and, therefore, he, ir fact, exercised power uls.190(1)(b) CrPC - Penal Code, 186C - SS. 307, 323, 324 & 341. Criminal Trial - Suppression of fact by accused - Fraud on Court - Cognizance of offences by Magistrate - Charges framed by Sessions Judge - Order of quashment of summons obtained by fjccused-respondent no. 1 from another

Authorities it was built on

1993 Kishun Singh and Ors. v. State of Bihar cited by 8
1998 Ranjit Singh v. State of Punjab cited by 5
1980 H. S. Bains Director Small Saving-cum-deputy Secretary, Finance, Punjab, Chandigarh v. The State (union Territory of Chandigarh) cited by 4
2001 Rajinder Prasad v. Bashir and Ors. cited by 2

Where later benches applied it

2024 Kusha Duruka v. State of Odisha referred to
2023 State of Orissa & Anr. v. Laxmi Narayan Das (dead) Thr. Lrs & Ors. referred to
2015 Chandra Babu @ Moses v. State through Inspector of Police & Ors. referred to
2023 The Director (admn. and Hr) Kptcl & Ors. v. C.P. Mundinamani & Ors. mentioned

Of those, 3 referred to · 1 mentioned

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