Supreme Court of India

The State Represented by the Deputy Superintendent of Police v. Tr N Seenivasagan

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Reported as [2021] 2 S.C.R. 529
Bench Dr. Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud and M. R. Shah JJ.
Decided 1 March 2021

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We are of the view that the rejection of the applications for recall under Section 311 was not in orde r.

Judgment, page 9

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Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 – s.311 – Ambit of – FIR under PC Act registered in 2010 against respondent-Chief Engineer in the Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Company Limited (TANGEDCO) and other co-accused (since deceased) – Sanction to prosecute accorded – Final report filed in July 2011 – Prosecution evidence closed in October 2017 – Applications file d u/s.311 in 2019 for recalling PW-1(Chairman of TANGEDCO) and P W-11 (Deputy Superintendent of Police) – Dismissed – On ap peal, held: Having due regard to the nature and ambit of s.311, the application s filed by the prosecution

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