Supreme Court of India

Satish Kumar Jatav v. The State of U.P. & Ors.

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Reported as [2022] 3 S.C.R. 270
Bench M. R. Shah and B. V. Nagarathna JJ.
Decided 17 May 2022

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What the Court ordered

In view of the above and for the reason stated above pre sent appeal is allowed.

Judgment, page 6

From the headnote

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 – s.482 – Quashing of criminal proceedings – Legality of – Magistrate sum moned the private respondents-accused for offences punishable u/s s.307, 504, 506 of IPC and s.3(10)(15) of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act – High Court allowed application u/s.482 CrPC preferred by the private respondents–a ccused and quashed the criminal proceedings as well as summonin g order of the Magistrate – Challenge to – Held: The order pas sed by the High Court was a cryptic, non-speaking order – Ther e was no independent application of

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