Supreme Court of India

Asian Paints Limited v. Ram Babu & Another

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Reported as [2025] 7 S.C.R. 573
Bench Ahsanuddin Amanullah and Prashant Kumar Mishra JJ.
Decided 14 July 2025

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What the Court ordered

For the reasons aforesaid, we find the Impugned Judgment to be unsustainable.

Judgment, page 20

From the headnote

Issue for Consideration Whether the appellant-company falls under the definition of ‘victim’ in terms of s.2(wa) r/w the proviso to s.372, CrPC or whether s.378, CrPC would prevail in the facts and circumstances; whether an appeal under the proviso to s.372, CrPC would be restricted only to mean an appeal to the First Appellate Court or include even an appeal to the Second Appellate Court/High Court. Headnotes† Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 – s.2(wa) r/w proviso to s.372; s.378 – Counterfeit products were sold in the appellant-company’s name by Respondent No.1, complaint filed through its

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