Bhisham Lal Verma vs The State Of Uttar Pradesh

The Supreme Court examined whether a second petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C. is maintainable when grounds for challenge existed at the time of filing the first petition. The case involved allegations of corruption and embezzlement related to sanitation schemes, with the petitioner implicated in criminal proceedings. The court focused on the procedural question of the maintainability of successive petitions on the same grounds. It emphasized the importance of procedural law in criminal cases and the limits of re-litigation.