Supreme Court of India

Anurag Bhatnagar & Anr. v. State (nct of Delhi) & Anr.

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Reported as [2025] 7 S.C.R. 1599
Bench Pankaj Mithal and S.V.N. Bhatti JJ.
Decided 25 July 2025

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What the Court ordered

We are of the opinion that the High Court has rightly refused to exercise its discretionary jurisdiction so as to interfere with the FIR as the investigations have been completed and the chargesheets have been filed.

Judgment, page 19

From the headnote

Issue for Consideration (i) Whether the High Court in exercise of its power u/s.482 of CrPC or under Art.226/227 of the Constitution is justified in refusing to quash the FIR No.380/2005, u/ss.420, 120- and 34 of the IPC and the order dated 01.07.2005 passed by the Metropolitan Magistrate directing for the registration of the aforesaid FIR; (ii) whether an application u/s.156(3) of the CrPC could have been filed without approaching the police authorities; (iii) whether the order dated 01.07.2005 passed by the Metropolitan Magistrate is an order passed without application of mind, irrespective

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 1 referred to · 1 mentioned

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