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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
CRIMINAL APPEAL NO.________/2024 [ARISING OUT OF SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION (CRIMINAL) NO.8894/2022]
INDIAN BANK APPELLANT(S) VERSUS
STEEL HYPERMART INDIA PVT. LTD. & ORS. RESPONDENT(S)
WITH
CRIMINAL APPEAL NO.________/2024 [ARISING OUT OF SLP(CRL) NO. 428/2023]
O R D E R
1. Leave granted.
2. Heard learned counsel appearing for the parties.
3. A case was registered by the Central Bureau of
Investigation, Banking Securities Fraud Branch on 10th
January, 2021 against the respondents and others for the
offences punishable under Sections 420, 468, 471 and 120B
of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (for short, ‘the IPC’) and
Section 13(2) read with Section 13(1)(d) of the Prevention
of Corruption Act, 1988 (for short, ‘the P.C. Act’). A
petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal
Procedure, 1973 (for short, ‘the Cr.P.C.’) was filed for
quashing. By the impugned judgment, the High Court has
allowed the said petition.
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4. Learned senior counsel appearing for the appellants
has taken us through the impugned judgment. The submission
is that only on the footing that the Review Committee is
dealing with the case afresh, the High Court has quashed
the First Information Report (FIR) without even adverting
to the nature of the offences alleged against the
respondents. It is submitted that...