Supreme Court of India

Achin Gupta v. State of Haryana & Anr.

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Reported as [2024] 6 S.C.R. 129
Bench J.B. Pardiwala and Manoj Misra JJ.
Decided 3 May 2024

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3 Supreme Court benches have cited this judgment.

What the Court ordered

For the foregoing reasons, we have reached to the conclusion that if the criminal proceedings are allowed to continue against the Appellant, the same will be nothing short of abuse of process of law & travesty of justice.

Judgment, page 33

From the headnote

Issue for Consideration The appellant herein was chargesheeted u/ss.323, 406, 498A and 506 of IPC. The appellant filed a quashing petition for the purpose of getting the criminal proceedings quashed. The High Court by its impugned order, declined to quash the criminal proceedings in exercise of its inherent powers u/s. 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. Whether the High Court should have exercised its inherent power u/s. 482 of the Cr.P. . for the purpose of quashing the criminal proceedings. Headnotes Penal Code, 1860 – ss. 323, 406, 498A and 506 – Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 1 relied on · 1 referred to · 1 mentioned

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