Supreme Court of India

Vishnu Kumar Tiwari v. State of Uttar Pradesh through Secretary Home, Civil Secretariat Lucknow and Another

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Reported as [2019] 8 S.C.R. 1114
Bench Sanjay Kishan Kaul and K. M. Joseph JJ.
Decided 9 July 2019

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What the Court ordered

We are of the view that in the facts of this ca se, we cannot support the decision of the High Court.

Judgment, page 25

From the headnote

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973: s.173 – Final report under – Exonerating all the accused of the offences u/ss.498A, 304B and 201 IPC and ss.3 and 4 of Dowry Prohibition Act – Protest petition by complainant – Dismissed by the Magistrate – Revision petition dismissed – Writ peti tion seeking direction to the Magistrate to look into the matter afres h for taking cognizance against the accused persons – High Court al lowed the petition – Appeal to Supreme Court – Held: High Court was in error in concluding that protest petition was not conside red by the Magistrate – The Magistrate had duly

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 1 relied on · 1 referred to

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