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Madhushree Datta v. The State of Karnataka & Anr.

Penal Code, 1860 – ss.323, 504, 506, 509, and 511

Allowed
Court
Supreme Court of India
Decided
23 Jan 2025
Citation
[2025] 2 S.C.R. 187
Case no.
CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 4884/2024
Bench
Dipankar Datta, Prashant Kumar Mishra

Issue for consideration

Issue arose as to whether, based on the materials on record, prima facie, ingredients of the offences u/ss.323, 504, 506, 509, and 511 IPC are made out; whether the chargesheet and the related criminal proceedings against the appellants, liable to be quashed; and whether of “filthy language” allegedly used by the appellants in scolding the complainant, sufficient to establish commission of offences u/s.504 and 509 IPC.

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