Supreme Court of India

Devendra Kumar v. The State (nct of Delhi) & Anr.

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Reported as [2025] 8 S.C.R. 1095
Bench J.B. Pardiwala and R. Mahadevan JJ.
Decided 20 August 2025

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What the Court ordered

In view of the aforesaid, we dispose of this petition leaving it open to the petitioner to raise the contention as regards the bar of Section 195 of the Cr.P.C. before the trial court if at all, at the end of the investigation, chargesheet is filed for the offences enumerated above in the FIR.

Judgment, page 42

From the headnote

Issue for Consideration High Court affirmed the order passed by the CMM directing registration of the FIR against the petitioner for offences punishable u/ss.186 and 341, Penal Code, 1860. Whether the CMM erred in involving the police in a complaint lodged by a Civil Judge for the offence punishable u/ss.186 and 341 of the I.P. ; whether the CMM erred in asking the police to investigate the complaint u/s.156(3) of the Cr.P. instead of taking cognizance upon the complaint and issuing process to the petitioner; scope of s.195, CrPC. Headnotes† Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 – s.195 – Scope –

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