Sanjai and Ors v. State of U.P. and Anr

Supreme Court of India · 03 Mar 2008
S.B. Sinha; V.S. Sirpurkar
Criminal Appeal No. 449 of 2008
criminal appeal_allowed

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The Supreme Court allowed the appeal and quashed criminal proceedings against appellants against whom no charge-sheet was filed.

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CASE NO.:
Appeal (crl.) 449 of 2008
PETITIONER:
SANJAI AND ORS
RESPONDENT:
STATE OF U.P. AND ANR
DATE OF
JUDGMENT
: 03/03/2008
BENCH:
S.B. SINHA & V.S. SIRPURKAR
JUDGMENT:
JUDGMENT
O R D E R
CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 449 OF 2008
[Arising out of SLP(Crl.) No.2942/2007]
Leave granted.
Having heard the learned counsel for the parties, we are of the opinion that as no charge-sheet has been filed as against appellant Nos. 2 to 4, the impugned judgment cannot be sustained which is set aside accordingly. The criminal miscellaneous application filed by the said appellants for quashing the proceedings in Case Crime
No. 73/03, is allowed.
The appeal is disposed of with the aforementioned direction.