Supreme Court of India

Sharad Kumar Sanghi v. Sangita Rane

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Reported as [2015] 2 S.C.R. 145

Bench Dipak Misra and Adarsh Kumar Goel JJ.

Decided 10 February 2015

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What the Court ordered

We are of the considered opinion that the High Court should have been well advised to quash the criminal proceedings initiated against the appellant and that having not been done, the order is sensitively vulnerable and accordingly we set aside G the same and quash the criminal proceedings initiated by the respondent against the appellant. •.

Judgment, page 8

From the headnote

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 - ss.482, 200 - Complaint uls. 200 alleging case of cheating against the appellant-Managing Director of the Company- Cognizance taken and summons issued - Magistrate holding that prima facie sufficient grounds exists for registration of complaint against the accused Company - Application seeking quashing of proceedings in criminal case, dismissed by High Court - On appeal, held: Allegations which find place against the Managing Director in his personal capacity are absolutely vague and principally the allegations are against the company- When a complainant

Authorities it was built on

2005 S.M.S. Pharmaceuticals Ltd v. Neeta Bhalla and Anr. cited by 26
2012 Aneeta Hada v. M/s. Godfather Travels & Tours Pvt. Ltd. cited by 20
2007 Maksud Saiyed v. State of Gujarat and Ors. cited by 17
2008 S.K. Alagh v. State of U.P. & Ors. cited by 6
2010 Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Co. Ltd. & Anr. v. Datar Switchgear Ltd. & Ors. cited by 4
2013 M/s. Ghcl Employees Stock Option Trust v. M/s India Infoline Limited cited by 3

Where later benches applied it

2025 S.C. Garg v. State of Uttar Pradesh & Anr. relied on
2024 Sachin Garg v. State of U.p & Anr. relied on
2021 Dayle De’souza v. Government of India through Deputy Chief Labour Commissioner (c) and Another relied on
2020 Sushil Sethi and Another v. The State of Arunachal Pradesh and Others relied on
2019 G H Shiv Kumar Jatia v. State of Nct of Delhi relied on
2022 Dilip Hariramani v. Bank of Baroda referred to
2016 Hdfc Securities Ltd. & Ors. v. State of Maharashtra & Anr. referred to
2022 Bank of Baroda & Anr v. Mbl Infrastructures Limited & Ors. mentioned

Of those, 5 relied on · 2 referred to · 1 mentioned

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