Supreme Court of India
Krishna Lal Chawla & Ors. v. State of U.P. & Anr.
INSC stands for INDIAN SUPREME COURT. A neutral citation scheme assigned by the Court itself, so a judgment can be cited without depending on a commercial law reporter. INSC is the neutral citation scheme assigned by the Supreme Court, so a judgment can be cited without depending on a commercial law reporter.
3 Supreme Court benches have cited this judgment.
What the Court ordered
We are of the considered opinion that the trial courts have the power to not merely decide on acquittal or conviction of the accused person after the trial, but also the duty to nip frivolous litigations in the bud even before they reach the stage of trial by dis charging the accused in fit cases.
Judgment, page 19
From the headnote
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973: s. 482 – Complaint u/s. 200 Cr.P. – Alleging offences u/ss. 323, 504, 506, 429 IPC and ss.10 and 11 of Prevention of Cr uelty to Animals Act, 1960 – Lodged by respondent No. 2, ag ainst the appellants, in the year 2018, in respect of an incident that oc curred in the year 2012 – Magistrate issued process against the ap pellants – Confirmed by Sessions Judge – Appellants’ petition fo r quashing the orders of Magistrate and the Sessions Judge dismissed – Appeal to Supreme Court – Held: In the complaint in questi on, the complainant (respondent No. 2) had
Authorities it was built on
- 1990 State of Haryana and Ors v. Ch. Bhajan Lal and Ors.
- 1997 M/s. Pepsi Foods Ltd. and Anr. v. Special Judicial Magistrate and Ors.
- 1991 Abdul Rehman Antulay Etc. Etc. v. R.S. Nayak and Anr. Etc. Etc.
- 2001 T.T. Antony v. State of Kerala and Ors.
- 2008 K.D. Sharma v. Steel Authority of India Ltd. & Ors.
- 1991 All India Judges' Association v. Union of India
- 2014 Subrata Roy Sahara v. Union of India and Others
- 2014 State of Punjab and Others Etc. v. Rafiq Masih (white Washer) Etc.
- 2008 Dr. Monica Kumar & Anr. v. State of U. P. & Ors.
- 2013 Amitbhai Anilchandra Shah v. The Central Bureau of Investigation & Anr.
- 2009 Vakil Prasad Singh v. State of Bihar
- 2012 Ram Dhan v. State of U.P. and Anr.
- 2015 Sirajul & Ors. v. The State of U.P. &anr.
Where later benches applied it
- 2025 M/s Jm Laboratories and Others v. State of Andhra Pradesh and Another
- 2025 Inox Air Products Limited Now Known as Inox Air Products Private Limited and Another v. The State of Andhra Pradesh
- 2024 Mariam Fasihuddin & Anr. v. State by Adugodi Police Station & Anr.
Of those, 1 relied on · 2 referred to
Sign in free to read it
- The full judgment, page by page, as published in the Supreme Court Reports
- The ratio: what the Court held, verbatim, with the page it sits on
- Every bench that relied on it, and every bench that argued against it
- Search every reported judgment, by party, citation or question
- Download the PDF, copy pinpoint citations ready for a filing
An email address, no password.