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Chanchalpati Das v. The State of West Bengal & Anr.

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Reported as [2023] 6 S.C.R. 655
Bench Ajay Rastogi and Bela M. Trivedi JJ.
Decided 18 May 2023

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Before parting, a few observations made by this Court wi th regard to the misuse and abuse of the process of law by filing false and frivolous proceedings in the Courts need to be reproduced.

Judgment, page 13

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Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 – FIR and charge-sheet – Quashing of – FIR was registered against appellant- accused u/ss. 468, 471, 406 and 120- of IPC – Appellant-accused claim themselves to be spiritual leaders and are related to a religious/ spiritual society – It was alleged that appellant-a ccused had committed theft as well as criminal breach of trust i n respect of a bus – Appellant-accused sought quashing of the crim inal proceedings – High Court dismissed the criminal rev isions – On appeal, held: As per the case of the complainant, the all eged incident of bus theft had taken

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