Supreme Court · 1966 INSC 270 · Decided 16 December 1966
A.K. Mallu v. Puranachandra Rao & ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1966 INSC 270 · [1967] 2 S.C.R. 309
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 65/1964
- Decided
- 16 December 1966
- Bench
- M. HIDAYATULLAH, VISHISHTHA BHARGAVA, G.K. MITTER (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 342; CrPC
Headnote
c D Code of Criiainal Procedure (Act 5 of 1898), s. 562(1.A)--lf applies only to offences relating to property. The accused was convicted of the offence of wrongful confinement under s. 342 I.P.C., and was released after due admonition under s. 562( 1-AJ, Criminal Procedure Code. On the question propc.rty and was therefore not applicable in the present case, HELD : The clause "any offence ur.dcr the Indian Penal Code punish­ able with not more than two years' imprisonment" ins. 562(\-A) Cr.P.C., stands by itself and indicates that nll offences punishable \\1ith not more
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