Supreme Court of India · 2002-10-04
STATE OF PUNJAB vs RAJESH SYAL
- Citation / case number
- SC 2002/1081
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Petitioner
- STATE OF PUNJAB
- Respondent
- RAJESH SYAL
- Bench
- B.N. KIRPAL CJ. & K.G. BALAKRISHNAN & ARIJIT PASAYAT
Judgment text excerpt
The case involves a former Director of a company accused of defrauding the public under various sections of the IPC and the Punjab Reforms Act. The respondent sought the quashing of charges and the consolidation of multiple criminal cases into a single court under Section 482 of the CrPC. The Supreme Court examined the viability of these requests in the context of widespread financial fraud and the territorial jurisdiction of the courts.