Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973
415 Supreme Court judgments considering this law. Search within these.
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Shanti Devi v. State of Haryana
Issue arose whether the courts below were justified in convicting and sentencing the appellant for the offences punishable u/ss.302/34 and 201/34 IPC for the alleged murder of the son of the informant.
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Aasif @ Pasha v. The State of U.P. & Ors.
Issue arose as to the correctness of the order passed by the High Court by which it declined to suspend the substantive order of sentence passed by the trial court against the appellant.
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Nadeem Ahamed v. The State of West Bengal
Whether the Courts below erred in convicting the accused-appellant for the offences punishable u/ss.21(c) and 29, Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985.
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Kallu Nat Alias Mayank Kumar Nagar v. State of U.P. and Anr.
Whether the Court of Session, without itself recording evidence, can summon a person to stand trial in exercise of its powers u/s.193, Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 as an accused (along with others committed to it by a…
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Shail Kumari v. State of Chhattisgarh
Whether the conviction, as recorded by the trial Court and affirmed by the High Court was totally based on conjectures and surmises; whether the conviction of the appellant u/s.302 IPC is sustainable in law.
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Deepak Kumar Sahu v. State of Chhattisgarh
The appellant came to be convicted and sentenced for the offences punishable u/ss.450 and 376(2) of the IPC and s.4 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 [POCSO Act]. Whether the High Court was justified in…
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Khem Singh (D) Through Lrs v. State of Uttaranchal (Now State of Uttarakhand) & Another Etc.
During pendency of these appeals, son of original appellant (since deceased) filed an application seeking setting aside of the abatement and for substitution. Whether the applicant is entitled to be substituted in place of the…
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Urmila Devi & Others v. Balram & Another
Issue arose as regards correctness of the impugned order passed by the High Court dismissing the application filed by the appellants u/s.482 CrPC to quash the complaint u/ss.419, 420, 467, 468 and 471 IPC pending before the…
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Manchu Mohan Babu v. State of Andhra Pradesh & Another
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…
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S.N. Vijaylakshmi & Ors. v. State of Karnataka & Anr.
Whether any criminal offence in the background of the factual position is made out to justify criminal proceedings against the appellants and whether the same should proceed; whether on the same cause of action, based on the…
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Madduri Gangaraju @ Babu Rao v. Madduri Sunanda & Others
Whether the criminal proceedings filed against the appellants in-laws by respondent No.1-wife subsequent to the dissolution of the marriage between her and her husband and also when both the parties had agreed for an amicable…
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Sukhdev Yadav @ Pehalwan v. State of (NCT of Delhi) & Others
Whether, an accused/convict who has completed his “life imprisonment for a fixed term” such as twenty years of actual sentence without remission, as in the instant case, is entitled to be released from prison on completion of…
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Chirag Sen and Another Etc. v. State of Karnataka and Another
Issue arose as regards the correctness of the order passed by the High Court declining to quash the criminal proceedings initiated against the appellants-accused on the allegations relating to falsification of birth records for…
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Anurag Bhatnagar & Anr. v. State (NCT of Delhi) & Anr.
(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-B and 34 of the IPC and the order dated 01.07.2005…
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Bansal Milk Chilling Centre v. Rana Milk Food Private Ltd. & Anr.
When can amendments to complaints be allowed after cognizance is taken; whether on facts, any prejudice would be caused to the accused-respondents if the amendment to the complaint, as prayed, is allowed.
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M/s Rimjhim Ispat Limited and Others v. Union of India & Another
Matter pertains to the legality of having parallel and continuation of adjudication proceedings and criminal proceedings against the appellants.
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M.C. Ravikumar v. D.S. Velmurugan & Ors.
Whether a second quashing petition u/s.482 CrPC would be maintainable on the grounds/pleas that were available to be raised even at the time of filing/decision of the first quashing petition.
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Shailyamanyu Singh v. State of Maharashtra
Issue arose whether the appellant, being a non-executive Director of the company, can be held vicariously liable and prosecuted for the alleged offences committed by the company.
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Khursheed Ahmad Chohan v. Union of Territory of Jammu and Kashmir and Ors. Etc.
Issue arose as to whether the facts and circumstances disclosed in the complaint, supported by compelling medical evidence of grievous injuries, including complete genital mutilation, mandatorily required registration of an FIR;…
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Kaushal Singh v. The State of Rajasthan
Matter pertains to the expunction of strictures passed by the High Court against the Judicial Officer.
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Mala Choudhary & Anr. v. State of Telangana & Anr.
Issue arose as to correctness of the order passed by the High Court dismissing the petition filed by the appellants, seeking quashing of FIR.
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Byluru Thippaiah @ Byaluru Thippaiah @ Nayakara Thippaiah v. State of Karnataka
Issue arose as regards commutation of the death sentence awarded to the appellant for committing brutal murder of his wife, sister-in-law and his three children.
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Shiv Baran v. State of U.P. & Anr.
Matter pertains to the correctness of the order passed by the High Court quashing the summons issued against respondent u/s.319 CrPC by the trial court.
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Satender Kumar Antil v. Central Bureau of Investigation & Anr.
Issue arose as to whether the usage of electronic communication can also be extended to the procedure governing the service of a notice, contemplated u/s.35 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023.
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G. Mohandas v. State of Kerala & Ors.
Matter pertains to the correctness of the order passed by the High Court refusing to quash FIR against the appellants-officials of the Municipal Corporation and the builder u/s.13(1)(d) r/w s.13(2) of the Prevention of Corruption…
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Kattavellai @ Devakar v. State of Tamilnadu
Issue arose as to the correctness of the order passed by the High Court upholding the order of the conviction and death sentence of the appellant for offence punishable u/ss.302, 376 and 397 IPC.
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Asian Paints Limited v. Ram Babu & Another
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…
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Binod Pathak & Ors. v. Shankar Choudhary & Ors.
Matter pertains to the correctness of the order passed by the High Court that as some of the defendants before the first appellate court had passed away and their legal heirs were not brought on record in accordance with the…
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Madhukar & Ors. v. The State of Maharashtra
Whether in the facts and circumstances of the case, the High Court erred in dismissing the petitions filed by the appellants u/s.482, CrPC seeking quashing of criminal proceedings initiated against them, and holding that the…
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State by Deputy Superintendent of Police v. B.T. Ramesh & Anr.
Issue arose whether the High Court was justified in quashing the criminal proceedings, on the grounds of the chargesheet having been filed more than four years after the date of the alleged incident and lack of sanction; and…
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Kum. Shubha @ Shubhashankar v. State of Karnataka & Anr.
Whether in the facts and circumstances of the case, the conviction of the appellants by the High Court u/s.302 read with s.120-B, IPC and additionally, s.201, IPC for A-4 alone, is justified.
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Shailesh Kumar Singh Alias Shailesh R. Singh v. State of Uttar Pradesh & Ors.
Whether the High Court erred in passing the impugned order, in the writ petition filed by the appellant for quashing of the FIR lodged by the Respondent No.4-complainant for offences punishable u/ss.60(b), 316(2) and 318 (2),…
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Dhanasingh Prabhu v. Chandrasekar & Another
Whether the High Court was right in dismissing the complaint on the ground that the name of the partnership firm was not mentioned in the statutory notice issued by the appellant/complainant to the respondents u/s.138 of the…
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Amlesh Kumar v. The State of Bihar
Whether in the attending facts and circumstances, the High Court could have accepted a submission of the Sub-Divisional Police Officer, to conduct narco-analysis test of all the accused persons (including the appellant) and other…
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M/s Balaji Traders v. The State of U.P. & Anr.
Whether the High Court was justified in observing that since no offence of extortion u/s.383 IPC is made out, consequently, no offence u/s.387 IPC would be made out.
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Ghanshyam Soni v. State (Govt. of NCT of Delhi) & Anr.
Issue arose whether the cognizance on the complaint u/ss.498A rw s.34 IPC was taken beyond the limitation period as mandated u/s.468 CrPC; and whether the prima facie case u/ss.498A rw s.34 IPC was made out against the…
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Chetan v. The State of Karnataka
Matter pertains to the correctness of the order passed by the courts below convicting and sentencing the appellant u/ss.302, 304 IPC, and u/ss.3, 5 of the Arms Act, 1959.
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Arif Md. Yeasin Jwadder v. State of Assam and Ors.
The instant matter arises from a series of encounters reported in the State of Assam (Respondent No. 1), the authenticity of which has been called into question on various counts. The appellant asserted that no meaningful or…
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Batlanki Keshav (Kesava) Kumar Anurag v. State of Telangana & Anr.
Issue arose as to the correctness of the order passed by the High Court whereby the petition filed by the appellant seeking quashing of the FIR for the offences punishable u/s.376(2)(n) IPC and s.3(2)(v) of the SC/ST(POA) Act,…
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N.S. Gnaneshwaran Etc. v. The Inspector of Police & Anr.
Whether the criminal proceedings against the appellants for offences u/s.120B r/w ss.420, 468, 471, Penal Code, 1860 and u/s.13(2) r/w s.13(1)(d), Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 ought to be quashed.