Supreme Court of India

Ishwar Pratap Singh & Ors. v. The State of Uttar Pradesh & Anr.

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Reported as [2017] 11 S.C.R. 145
Bench Kurian Joseph and Amitava Roy JJ.
Decided 28 November 2017

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What the Court ordered

We are of the view that the High Court ought to have exercised its jurisdiction under Section 482 CrPC to secure the ends of justice.

Judgment, page 8

From the headnote

Code o,fCriminal Procedure, 1973 - s.482 - Quashing of supplementary report filed under s.173 by Investigating Officer - In the first chargesheet, the appellants were charged for o.ffence under !PC - Two years later, on complaint of respondent no.2, the SC/ST Commission requested for addition of offence under SC/ST Act - After supplementm:v report incorporating charges under SCI ST Act was filed, appellants filed petition for quashing the same - High Court was of the view that the charges cannot be quashed in a piecemeal manner - On appeal, held: High Court ought to have exercised its

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