Supreme Court of India

Varinder Singh v. State of Punjab & Anr.

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Reported as [2014] 1 S.C.R. 496
Bench Sudhansu Jyoti Mukhopadhaya and V. Gopala Gowda JJ.
Decided 16 January 2014

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What the Court ordered

In view of the foregoing reasons, the appeal is allowed C and the impugned judgment of the High Court is set aside.

Judgment, page 11

From the headnote

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973: s.482 - Petition seeking to quash FIR and criminal proceedings - Petitioner, a visitor to prison - On search, mobile phone and charger recovered from him - FIR for offences punishable ulss 42 and 45 of the Prisons Act - High 0 Court rejecting the petition - Held: Case of appellant clearly falls under category (1) of the grounds of quashing of FIR mentioned in the case of Bhajan Lal - On the date of alleged offence, mobile phone or charger was not listed as one of the prohibited articles under Punjab Prison Manual - Thus, no offence is made out u/s 42 of the

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