Manchu Mohan Babu vs. State of Andhra Pradesh 2025 INSC 916 - S.482 CrPC

Case Name and Neutral Citation

• Case Name: Manchu Mohan Babu v. State of Andhra Pradesh & Another (with Manchu Vishnu Vardhan Babu v. State of Andhra Pradesh & Another)
• Neutral Citation: 2025 INSC 916

Coram (Judges)

• Justice B. V. Nagarathna
• Justice K.V. Viswanathan

Judgment Date

• July 31, 2025

Caselaws and Citations

The judgment refers to the following key cases:

1. State of Haryana vs. Bhajan Lal, 1992 Supp (1) SCC 335
2. • The “Bhajan Lal test” for quashing criminal proceedings under Section 482 CrPC is discussed and applied.
2. Pepsi Foods Ltd. vs. Special Judicial Magistrate, (1998) 5 SCC 749
3. • Affirms the principles in Bhajan Lal regarding the High Court’s power to quash proceedings.
3. Madhavrao Jiwajirao Scindia vs. Sambhajirao Chandrojirao Angre, (1988) 1 SCC 692
4. • Discusses the test for quashing FIRs at the initial stage and the purpose of criminal prosecution.

Statutes/Laws Referred

The following statutes and sections are discussed and applied:

• Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (CrPC)
• • Section 482 (Inherent powers of High Court)
• Indian Penal Code, 1860 (IPC)
• • Section 290 (Punishment for public nuisance)
  • Section 341 (Punishment for wrongful restraint)
  • Section 171F (Punishment for undue influence and personation at an election)
  • Section 34 (Acts done by several persons in furtherance of common intention)
• Police Act, 1861
• • Section 34 (Punishment for certain offences on roads, etc.)
• Constitution of India
• • Article 226 (Power of High Courts to issue certain writs)
  • Article 227 (Power of superintendence over all courts by the High Court)