2005 (5) TMI 695

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....petitioner and second respondent who argued on behalf of himself and the other respondents also. 2. Delay condoned. 3. Leave granted. 4. The appellant Savita in one of the appeals herein filed a complaint alleging offences punishable under Sections 498-A and 406 IPC against the respondents herein which was registered as FIR No. 33 dated 1.6.2001 by the Mahila Police Station, Bikaner. The said F....

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....beating to the appellant, they snatched her hair and tore the clothes and also abused her". She further stated that they had demanded Rs. 5 lakhs as dowry. It is on this factual basis that the complaint in question was filed which was registered by the Mahila Police Station, Bikaner as stated above. 6. The High Court while entertaining the petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal P....

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....nviction under Section 633 of the Companies Act had held that a finding given by the civil court is binding on the criminal court. We have no quarrel with the said proposition, but we are of the opinion that such consideration of a finding of the civil court cannot be done by a court entertaining a criminal petition for quashing an FIR wherein an investigation has not even started. 9. The second ....