Supreme Court of India · 2016-01-07
Awadesh Kumar Jha @ Akhilesh Kumar Jha & ... vs The State Of Bihar
- Citation / case number
- AIR 2016 SUPREME COURT 373
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Petitioner
- Awadesh Kumar Jha @ Akhilesh Kumar Jha & ...
- Respondent
- The State Of Bihar
- Author
- V. Gopala Gowda
- Bench
- V. Gopala Gowda, T.S. Thakur
Judgment text excerpt
The Supreme Court examined the appeal against the High Court's refusal to interfere with the dismissal of the appellants' application under Section 239 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. The Court noted that the appellants were charged under Sections 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 of the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, 1956, and subsequently under Sections 419 and 420 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 for providing false information. The Court upheld the High Court's decision, affirming that the dismissal of the application was justified as the allegations were substantiated and the procedural requirements were met.