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SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
DR. SUSHIL KUMAR PURBEY & ANR. – Appellant
Versus
THE STATE OF BIHAR AND ORS. – Respondent
2026 INSC 212 REPORTABLE IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPEAL NO…………………………OF 2026 (ARISING OUT OF SLP(CRL.) NO.3075/2024)
DR. SUSHIL KUMAR PURBEY & ANR. …APPELLANTS VERSUS THE STATE OF BIHAR AND ORS. …RESPONDENTS
J U D G M E N T
VIKRAM NATH, J. 1. Leave granted.
2. The present appeal arises from the judgment and order dated 8th August 2023 passed by the High Court of Judicature at Patna in Criminal Miscellaneous No. 70355 of 2022. By the impugned order, the High Court quashed the criminal proceedings against one of the accused, namely, the sister-in-law of the complainant (respondent no. 3), while declining to extend the same relief to the Signature Not Verified present accused-appellants, who are the father-in-law and NEETU KHAJURIA Date: 2026.03.09 Reason:
3. The facts giving rise to the present appeal, shorn of unnecessary details, are as follows:
3.1. The complainant married Dr. Rishi Raj, the son of the present appellants, on 8th July 2019.
3.2. On 31st March 2021, the husband instituted a divorce petition against the complainant under Section 13 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, In short “HMA”, before the Principal Judge, Family Court, Darbha
None.
(Note: Based on the provided text, neither case indicates that it has been overruled, reversed, or invalidated by a higher authority.)
**Category: Procedural/Summary Recital**
* **P. V. Krishnabhat VS State Of Karnataka - 2025 0 Supreme(SC) 1396**: This entry is categorized as a procedural recital. The text "We have heard learned counsel for the appellant and the respondent-State" reflects the court's initial summary of proceedings. There is no information provided regarding a substantive ruling, precedent, or judicial treatment of a prior holding.
* **Sushil Kumar Purbey VS State of Bihar - 2026 3 Supreme 193**: This entry is categorized as a procedural recital. The text provides a brief factual background of the marriage and the legal context ("Act, 19614 [Hereinafter referred to as 'Dowry Act']"). Like the previous entry, it confirms the hearing of counsel ("We have heard the learned counsel appearing for the appellants..."), characterizing the entry as a summary of the current case's status rather than an analysis of its treatment of external precedents.
* **P. V. Krishnabhat VS State Of Karnataka - 2025 0 Supreme(SC) 1396 and Sushil Kumar Purbey VS State of Bihar - 2026 3 Supreme 193**: Both of these cases are placed here as a cautionary measure. While they appear to be procedural opening statements or case summaries, the provided snippets do not contain sufficient context, procedural history, or citations to other cases to definitively categorize their legal status. They appear to function as background summaries of the current proceedings rather than judicial decisions regarding the treatment of prior law. Without further text, it is impossible to determine how these cases treat previous legal authorities or if, in turn, they have been subjected to subsequent judicial treatment such as being "followed" or "distinguished."
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