Supreme Court of India

Jitul Jentilal Kotecha v. State of Gujarat and Ors. Etc

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Reported as [2021] 11 S.C.R. 9
Bench Dr. Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud and B V Nagarathna JJ.
Decided 12 November 2021

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What the Court ordered

For the above reasons we have come to the conclusion that the High Court transgressed the limitations on the e xercise of its jurisdiction under Section 482 of the CrPC in quashing the FIR and all consequential proceedings.

Judgment, page 28

From the headnote

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973: s. 482 – Inherent powers of High Court – Exercise of – On facts, dispute over title of land – FIR registered agains t respondents u/ss 465, 467, 468 and 120B IPC by the appellant – Re spondents nos. 2 to 7 filed petitions u/s 482 before the High Court for quashing of FIR – Interim order by the High Court that investig ation to be continued but charge-sheet to be filed only with it s permission – Draft charge-sheet placed before the High Court for offences punishable u/ss. 385, 389, 418, 477, 506(2), 120B an d 34 IPC – Draft charge-sheet also arraigned

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