Supreme Court · 1955 INSC 79 · Decided 20 December 1955
A.THANGAL Kunju Musaliar v. M. VENKITACHALAM.POTTI and Another
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1955 INSC 79 · [1955] 2 S.C.R. 1196
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 21/1954
- Decided
- 20 December 1955
- Bench
- SUDHI RANJAN DAS, VIVIAN BOSE, NATWARLAL HARILAL BHAGWATI, B. JAGANNADHADAS, BHUVNESHWAR PRASAD SINHA (5-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302; Constitution Article 14, 226, 47; Income Tax Act
Headnote
Willie {W.1liam) Sl1m9 .v. The Stattof Madhya Pradesh Imam J. 1955 December 20. - 1196 : , SUPREME· COURT· REPORTS .· [1955] obeyed Contravention oC.· its . provisions are unneces­ sary and neither the . prosecution nor the Courts of trial should . ignore - 'its. ·is · put to unnecessary harassment and expense. . - . . . I agree that the appellant's conviction be altered from section 302 of the Indian Penal Code to 304 of the Indian Penal Code and · that · he be sentenced · to J five years' - rigorous imprisonment .
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