Supreme Court of India

State of Kerala and Others v. S. Unnikrishnan Nair and Others

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Reported as [2015] 9 S.C.R. 56
Bench Dipak Misra and Prafulla C. Pant JJ.
Decided 13 August 2015

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What the Court ordered

Before parting with the case, we are impelled to say 6 (2010) 10 sec 361 H 68 SUPREME COURT REPORTS [2015] 9 S.C.R. A something.

Judgment, page 12

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Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 - s. 482 - c Jurisdiction under - Exercise of - Case relating to suicide by a person investigating a murder case as a Chief Investigating Officer and in the suicide note he held respondents-CB/ officers, advocate and magistrate, responsible for the situation - FIR lodged against respondents for offences punishable ulss. 182, 194, 195, 195A and 306 /PC, on basis of the suicide note by the deceased - Quashing of FIR by High Court - Justification of, as regards quashing of offence uls. 306 - Held: Where no prima facie case is made out against the accused, then

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