Supreme Court of India

Manchu Mohan Babu v. State of Andhra Pradesh & Another

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Reported as [2025] 7 S.C.R. 1969
Bench B.V. Nagarathna and K.V. Viswanathan JJ.
Decided 31 July 2025

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What the Court ordered

In the result, we allow these appeals and set-aside the impugned judgment.

Judgment, page 11

From the headnote

Issue for Consideration Issue arose as to whether the criminal proceedings against the appellants for conducting rally and dharna against the State Government, allegedly causing obstruction to the free flow of traffic, inconvenience, annoyance and risk to passengers, punishable u/ss.290, 341 and 171F r/w s.34 IPC and s.34 of the Police Act, 1861, ought to be quashed. Headnotes† Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 – s.482 – Penal Code, 1860 – ss.290, 341, 171F r/w.34 – Police Act, 1861 – s.34 – Quashing of criminal proceedings – Causing obstruction to free flow of traffic, inconvenience,

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