Supreme Court · 2007 INSC 596 · Decided 15 May 2007
Asit Bhattacharjee v. M/S. Hanuman Prasad Ojha and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2007 INSC 596 · [2007] 6 S.C.R. 939
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 738/2007
- Decided
- 15 May 2007
- Bench
- S.B. SINHA, C.K. THAKKER (2-judge bench)
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 120B, 420, 1208, 406, 465, 468, 478, 471; CrPC Section 156(3), 177, 181an; Constitution Article 226
Headnote
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973-ss. 156(3), 177, 181and181 (4)­ Jurisdiction of criminal courts in inquiries and trials-Complaint alleging criminal offences-Application u!s. 156(3) before Metropolitan Magistrate, C Ca/cul/a-Jurisdiction of. when major part of offences took place outside Sate transfer investigation to U.P. Police Station-Held: With regard to offence alleged part of cause of action arose within the jurisdiction of CMM, Calcutta, as such had jurisdiction in terms of s. 178 rlw s. 181(4)- D Also no explicit prayer in the writ petition that the complaint filed at West
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