Supreme Court of India

Devendra Nath Singh v. State of Bihar & Ors.

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Reported as [2022] 15 S.C.R. 692
Bench Dinesh Maheshwari and Aniruddha Bose JJ.
Decided 12 October 2022
Status Distinguished

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What the Court ordered

In view of the above, this appeal fails and is, therefore, dismissed but, with the observations foregoing and while effacing the unwarranted and unnecessary observations of the High Court in the order impugned.

Judgment, page 38

From the headnote

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 – s. 482 – Allegation s of defalcation of goods and misappropriation of stocks from the godown of the Corporation – FIR was registered – Magistrate took cognizance of offences u/ss. 409, 467, 468 and 420 of IPC aga inst respondent no.3 – Respondent no.3 filed petition u/s. 4 82 Cr.PC – High Court observed that an accused in the case ‘as sc apegoat to save the skin’ of the present appellant – Having said so , the High Court proceeded to direct the Magistrate to give dir ections to the police to further investigate the case in terms of s.173(8) CrPC regarding

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