Supreme Court of India

Rashmi Chopra v. The State of Uttar Pradesh & Anr.

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Reported as [2019] 6 S.C.R. 1132
Bench Ashok Bhushan and K.M. Joseph JJ.
Decided 30 April 2019

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What the Court ordered

We give the following categories of cases by way of illustration wherein such power could be exercised either to prevent abuse of the process of any court or otherwise to secure the ends of justice, RASHMI CHOPRA v.

Judgment, page 16

From the headnote

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973: s.482 – Application under – By six appellants-accus ed – Praying for quashing the complaint and criminal proceeding s in a complaint case u/ss. 498A, 323, 504, 506 IPC and s.3/4 of Dowry Prohibition Act – Application dismissed by High Court – Appeal t o Supreme Court – Held: There were two sets of allega tions in the complaint – One was with regard to offences u/ss. 3 23, 504 and 506 IPC and another for offences u/s. 498A IPC and ss. 3/4 of Dowry Prohibition Act – Complaint u/ss. 323, 504 an d 506 was made only against one appellant-accused and two unknown

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