Supreme Court of India
Vishnu Kumar Tiwari v. State of Uttar Pradesh through Secretary Home, Civil Secretariat Lucknow and Another
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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
Authorities it was built on
- 2003 Surya Dev Rai v. Ram Chander Rai and Ors.
- 2015 Radhey Shyam & Anr. v. Chhabi Nath & Ors.
- 2004 Gangadhar Janardan Mhatre v. State of Maharashtra and Ors.
- 1967 Abhinandan Jha & Ors. v. Dinesh Mishra
- 2002 Mahesh Chand v. B. Janardhan and Anr.
- 1970 Hethubha Alias Jithuba Madhuba & Ors. v. Thestate of Gujarat
- 2000 Bhuneshwar Prasad and Anr. v. United Commercial Bank and Ors.
- 1980 H. S. Bains Director Small Saving-cum-deputy Secretary, Finance, Punjab, Chandigarh v. The State (union Territory of Chandigarh)
Where later benches applied it
- 2024 Mukhtar Zaidi v. The State of Uttar Pradesh & Anr.
- 2022 Zakia Ahsan Jafri v. State of Gujarat & Anr.
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