Supreme Court of India

Padma Mishra v. State of Uttarakhand & Anr.

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Reported as [2020] 7 S.C.R. 1010
Bench Indira Banerjee and Aniruddha Bose JJ.
Decided 13 February 2020

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Constitution of India: Art.226 – FIR instituted aga inst the appellant under ss.2/3 of the Uttar Pradesh Gangste rs and Anti- Social Activities (Prevention) Act, 1986 – Writ pet ition seeking quashing of FIR, dismissed by High Court – On appea l, held: In proceedings under Art.226 of the Constitution, High Court does not adjudicate the correctness of the allegations in an FIR – The Court may only intervene in exceptional cases, if t he allegations made in the FIR ex facie do not disclose any offence at all – In this case, the FIR, in substance, contained the allegati on that the appellant and

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