SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
A.M. MOHAN vs THE STATE REPRESENTED BY SHO
AND ANOTHER
Criminal Appeal No ....OF 2024
(Arising out of SLP(Criminal) No 9598 of 2022) On 20 March 2024
Hon'ble Judges: B.R. Gavai, Rajesh Bindal, Sandeep Mehta
Case Type: Criminal Appeal
Final Decision: Application disposed
Advocates:
Citations:
2024 0 CJ(SC) 144
ACTS REFERRED:
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 415
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 34
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 420
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, Section 482
21 of 2020, on the file of SHO, District Crime Branch,
Kancheepuram, in connection with the offence punishable
under Section 420 read with 34 of the Indian Penal Code,
1860 ("IPC" for short).
FACTS
Shorn of details, the facts leading to the present appeal
are as under:
1 The case of the prosecution is that, during the year
2016, accused No.
Judgement Text
1. Leave granted.
2. The present appeal challenges the order dated 15th July
2022 passed by the learned Single Judge of the High Court of
Judicature at Madras in Criminal O.P. No. 20716 of 2020
and Crl. M.P. No. 8763 of 2020, whereby the High Court
rejected the petition filed by the present appellant under
Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973
("Cr.P.C." for short), to call for the records and to quash the
First Information Report ("FIR" for short) registered as Crime
No. 21 of 2020, on the file of SHO, District Crime Branch,
Kancheepuram, in connection with the offence punishable
under Section 420 read with 34 of the Indian Penal Code,
1860 ("IPC" for short).
FACTS
3. Shorn of details, the facts leading to the present appeal
are as under:
3.1 The case of the prosecution is that, during the year
2016, accused No. 2-Suresh Prathaban, being a college
friend, approached the complainant Karthick Krishnamurthy
for some help to clear his hand loan. The accused No. 2
further told that he had business with accused No. 1-
Lakshmanan, who is running a hotel and also doing real
estate business. Upon the insistence of accused No. 2, the
complainant had agreed to extend financial help to accused
No. 1 to the tune of Rs.1,60,00,000/-
