Supreme Court of India

Ranjeet Mittal v. The State of Madhya Pradesh & Anr. Etc. Etc.

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Reported as [2024] 9 S.C.R. 811
Bench Vikram Nath and Prasanna B. Varale JJ.
Decided 3 September 2024

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What the Court ordered

We are of the opinion that the trial needs to be conducted to reach to the truth.

Judgment, page 7

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Issue for Consideration High Court whether justified in quashing the charges against Respondent Nos.2-5 (husband and in-laws of the victim-deceased) holding that prima facie the respondents did not abet the deceased to commit suicide. Headnotes† Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 – s.482 – Penal Code, 1860 – ss.498- , 306, 34, 302, 201 – Victim died after allegedly falling off from terrace – Trial court framed charges against Respondent Nos.2-5 for abetment to commit suicide – Charges if rightly quashed by High Court: Held: No – High Court erred in quashing the order of trial court framing

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