Supreme Court of India
Varinder Singh v. State of Punjab & Anr.
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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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