Supreme Court of India

Vikram Johar v. The State of Uttar Pradesh & Anr.

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Reported as [2019] 8 S.C.R. 1
Bench Ashok Bhushan and K.M. Joseph JJ.
Decided 26 April 2019

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What the Court ordered

We are of the view that appellant was entitled to be discharged for the offence under Sections 504 and 506.

Judgment, page 18

From the headnote

Penal Code, 1860 – ss. 504, 506 and 383, 384, 471 – Respondent No.2-complainant, was partner of a Company engaged in business of wood pr ocessing and sale – Fir e br oke into the premises of the Company – Company raised insurance claim – Insurance company appointed certified surveyor – Appellant, director of the cer tified surveyor, undertook the sur vey and submitted final sur vey r epor t dated 23.09.201 1 – Respondent No.2, filed application u/s.156(3), Cr .P. , alleging offences u/ss.383, 384, 471, 504 and 506, IPC by the appellant in an incident that allegedly took place on 02.10.201 1 –

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 1 referred to

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