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Ranjit Sarkar v. Ravi Ganesh Bhardwaj and Others

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 – s.256 – Appellant lodged a complaint alleging issued process

Allowed
Court
Supreme Court of India
Decided
17 Mar 2025
Citation
[2025] 3 S.C.R. 1448
Case no.
CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1593/2025
Bench
Dipankar Datta, Manmohan

Issue for consideration

Whether in the instant case, the Judicial Magistrate in terms of s.256, Cr.PC was justified in dismissing the complaint for default vide order dated 16.04.2021.

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