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Devendra Kumar v. The State (NCT of Delhi) & Anr.

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973

Disposed of
Court
Supreme Court of India
Decided
20 Aug 2025
Citation
[2025] 8 S.C.R. 1095
Case no.
SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION (CRIMINAL) No. 12373/2025
Bench
J.b. Pardiwala, R Mahadevan

Issue for consideration

High Court affirmed the order passed by the CMM directing registration of the FIR against the petitioner for offences punishable u/ss.186 and 341, Penal Code, 1860. Whether the CMM erred in involving the police in a complaint lodged by a Civil Judge for u/ss.186 and 341 of the I.P.C; whether the CMM erred in asking the police to investigate the complaint u/s.156(3) of the Cr.P.C instead of taking cognizance upon the complaint and issuing process to the petitioner; scope of s.195, CrPC.

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