Supreme Court of India · 2009-08-06
Boppana Surya Prakasa Rao vs Bolla Subrahmanyam Srinivas & Ors
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Petitioner
- Boppana Surya Prakasa Rao
- Respondent
- Bolla Subrahmanyam Srinivas & Ors
- Bench
- Deepak Verma, S.B. Sinha
Judgment text excerpt
The Supreme Court granted leave to appeal and examined the validity of a High Court order quashing the first information report under Section 306 IPC and Sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. The Court emphasized that the FIR and accompanying suicide notes attributed specific roles to the accused, indicating a prima facie case against them. The Court held that the High Court's order was not a speaking one and remanded the matter for further consideration, thereby allowing the prosecution against the accused to continue.