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Om Prakash Ambadkar v. The State of Maharashtra & Ors.

Code of the Criminal Procedure, 1973 – s.156(3) – Scope

Allowed
Court
Supreme Court of India
Decided
16 Jan 2025
Citation
[2025] 1 S.C.R. 1469
Case no.
CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 352/2020
Bench
J.b. Pardiwala, R Mahadevan

Issue for consideration

Magistrate passed an order under Section 156(3), Code of the Criminal Procedure, 1973 directing registration of FIR against the appellant-accused for the offences punishable under Sections 323, 294, 500, 504 & 506, Penal Code, 1860. Whether the High Court was justified order and rejecting the petition filed by the appellant under Section 482, Cr.P.C.

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