Supreme Court of India

Md. Allauddin Khan v. The State of Bihar & Ors.

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Reported as [2019] 5 S.C.R. 876
Bench Abhay Manohar Sapre and Dinesh Maheshwari JJ.
Decided 15 April 2019

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In view of the foregoing discussion, the appeal succeeds and is accordingly allowed.

Judgment, page 5

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Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973: s. 482 – Complaint u/ss. 327 And 379 r/w s. 34 IPC – Taken cognizance of, by the Judicial Magistrate – In peti tion u/s. 482, High Court quashed the complaint holding that prima facie case was not made out in view of pending civil dispute between the p arties and that the statements of witnesses were contradictory – On appeal, held: In order to see whether prima facie case is made o ut against the accused for taking cognizance, the Court is onl y required to see the allegations in the complaint – Such ascertain ment cannot be done taking into account mere

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