Supreme Court of India

Suman Mishra & Ors. v. The State of Uttar Pradesh & Anr.

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Reported as [2025] 2 S.C.R. 534
Bench B.V. Nagarathna and Satish Chandra Sharma JJ.
Decided 11 February 2025

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What the Court ordered

We are of the view that the appellants should prefer discharge application before the trial court under Section 227 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC).

Judgment, page 7

From the headnote

Issue for Consideration Whether the High Court erred in finding that there were specific allegations in the FIR and Chargesheet even after dropping the charge of Section 376, IPC in order to maintain the criminal proceedings against the Appellants and thus, dismissing the quashing petition filed by them. Headnotes† Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 – s.482 – Quashing – FIR inter alia u/ss.498A, 376, IPC and u/ss.3, 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, filed by Respondent No.2-wife against the appellants (husband and in-laws), primarily alleging rape by her brother-in-law – Charge-sheet filed,

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