Supreme Court of India

Yerram Vijay Kumar v. The State of Telangana & Anr.

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Reported as [2026] 1 S.C.R. 439
Bench J.K. Maheshwari and K. Vinod Chandran JJ.
Decided 9 January 2026

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What the Court ordered

We hold that there is no reason or ground to quash the offences under the IPC of which cognizance has been taken by the Special Court.

Judgment, page 27

From the headnote

Issue for Consideration Whether cognizance of the alleged offences u/ss.448 and 451, Companies Act, 2013 could have been taken on a private complaint in view of the statutory scheme of the Companies Act and if not, whether the criminal proceedings must be quashed in respect of those sections; if the proceedings for the offences u/ss.448 and 451, Companies Act ought to be quashed, would the criminal proceedings also have to be quashed in respect of the offences under the IPC in light of the provisions as contained in s.436(2), Companies Act; whether continuation of the criminal proceedings

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