Supreme Court of India

Fiona Shrikhande v. State of Maharashtra and Another

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Reported as [2013] 9 S.C.R. 240

Bench K.S. Radhakrishnan and A.K. Sikri JJ.

Decided 22 August 2013

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CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE, 1973: c s. 202 -Complaint - Order of Magistrate taking cognizance and issuing process against accused - Challenged - Held: Scope of enquiry u/s 202 is extremely limited in the sense that the Magistrate, at this stage, is expected to examine prima facie the truth or falsehood of 0 allegations made in the complaint -- He is not expected to embark upon a detailed discussion of merits or demerits of the case, but only to consider inherent probabilities apparent on the statement made in the complaint -- Once the Magistrate has exercised his discretion in forming an

Authorities it was built on

1976 Smt. Nagawwa v. Veeranna Shivalingappa Konjalgi & Ors. cited by 51

Where later benches applied it

2025 B.V. Ram Kumar v. State of Telangana and Another relied on
2023 Ramesh Chandra Vaishya v. The State of Uttar Pradesh & Anr. relied on
2019 Vikram Johar v. The State of Uttar Pradesh & Anr. relied on
2025 Madhushree Datta v. The State of Karnataka & Anr. referred to
2024 Sachin Garg v. State of U.p & Anr. referred to
2015 International Advanced Research Centre for Powder Metallurgy and New Materials (arci) &ors. v. Nimra Cerglass Technics (p) Ltd.&anr. referred to
2022 Reliance Industries Limited v. Securities and Exchange Board of India & Ors. mentioned

Of those, 3 relied on · 3 referred to · 1 mentioned

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