Supreme Court of India

GUNJAN @ GIRIJA KUMARI AND OTHERS versus STATE (NCT OF DELHI) AND ANOTHER

2026 INSC 468

Case number
CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 2446/2026
Judgment date
2026-05-11
Petitioner / appellant
GUNJAN @ GIRIJA KUMARI AND OTHERS
Respondent
STATE (NCT OF DELHI) AND ANOTHER
Neutral citation
2026 INSC 468
Other citation
[2026] 5 S.C.R. 550
CNR
ESCR010001572026
Bench / judges
PRASHANT KUMAR MISHRA
Author judge
PRASHANT KUMAR MISHRA
Bench size
2 Judges
Disposal nature
Appeal(s) allowed
Judgment year
2026

Issue for consideration

Whether the FIR and the charge-sheet filed against the appellants- accused for offences u/ss.3(1)(r) and 3(1)(s) of the SC/ST Act as well as for the offences u/s.506 r/w s.34, IPC, ought to be quashed.

Headnote excerpt

Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Act, 1989 – ss.3(1)(r) and 3(1)(s) – “a place within public view”, when not – Offence u/s.3(1)(r) and/or s.3(1)(s) not made out if alleged caste-based abuses are hurled inside a house, not exposed to public eye or public gaze – Charge framed by trial

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