Supreme Court of India

Neeharika Infrastructure Pvt. Ltd. v. State of Maharashtra and Others

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Bench Dr. Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud, M. R. Shah and Sanjiv Khanna JJ.
Decided 13 April 2021

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Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 – s.482 – Constitution of India – Article 226 – Quashing of FIR – Blanket interim orders of stay of investigation and/or “no coercive steps to be adopted” during pendency of quashing proceedings and/or u/Art.226 – Impermissibility of – Held: Police has the statutory right and duty to investigate into a cognizable offence – Save in exceptional cases, the Court should not interfere at the stage of investigation of offences – When the investigation is in progress and the facts are hazy, the High Court should restrain itself from passing the interim order of not…

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