Supreme Court of India

Bhaskar Lal Sharma & Anr. v. Monica & Ors.

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Reported as [2014] 2 S.C.R. 990
Bench P. Sathasivam, Ranjan Gogoi and Shiva Kirti Singh JJ.
Decided 18 February 2014

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What the Court ordered

In view of the above, we unhesitatingly come to the conclusion that the complaint petition registered as Complaint No. 287/1A (Monica Vs.

Judgment, page 11

From the headnote

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973: s.482 - Quashing of proceedings - Complaint filed u/ ss.498A, 406 /PC - Quashed on the ground that while no offence u/s.498A, /PC was made out against either of the appellants, the offence u/s.406, as alleged, was prima facie 0 made out against the appellant No. 2 alone - Held: The complaint should not have been rejected at the threshold - The facts, as alleged, have to be proved which can only be done in the course of a regular trial - Appreciation, even in a summary manner, of averments made in a complaint petition or FIR would not be permissible at the

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