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Hitesh Verma v. The State of Uttarakhand & Anr.

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Bench L. Nageswara Rao, Hemant Gupta and Ajay Rastogi JJ.
Decided 5 November 2020

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What the Court ordered

In view of the above facts, we find that the charges against the appellant under Section 3(1)(r) of the Act are not made out.

Judgment, page 14

From the headnote

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973: s. 482 – Petition under – For quashing charges u/ss. 452, 504 and 506 IPC and u/ss. 3(1)(x) (Substituted as 3(1)(r) by Act No. 1 of 2016) and 3(1)(e) of Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 – Dismissed by High Court – Appeal to Supreme Court – Held: Offences under the Act not established – Hence the charges under the Act, quashed – Charges under IPC to be tried by competent Court. s. 482 – Quashing of charge-sheet in part – Held: There is no prohibition under the law for quashing the charge-sheet in part.

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Of those, 2 relied on · 3 referred to · 3 mentioned

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