Supreme Court · 1957 INSC 16 · Decided 13 February 1957
Baij Nath Prasad Tripathi v. The State of Bhopal
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1957 INSC 16 · [1957] 1 S.C.R. 650
- Case number
- WRIT PETITION (CRIMINAL) No. 115/1956
- Decided
- 13 February 1957
- Bench
- SUDHI RANJAN DAS, T.L. VENKATARAMA AIYYAR, BHUVNESHWAR PRASAD SINHA, S.K. DAS, P.B. GAJENDRAGADKAR (5-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 5, 161; CrPC Section 403; Constitution Article 20(2), 32, 403; Prevention of Corruption Act Section 5, 161
Headnote
COURT REPORTS BAIJ NATH PRASAD TRIPATHI v. THE STATE OF BHOPAL (and connected petition) [1957l (S. R. DAS C.J., VENKATARAMA AY'lAR, B. P. SINHA, S. K. DAs and GAJENDRi .. GADI'-Ak JJ.) C1·iminal trial-Prosecut:'on for offences under s. 161 of the !11dian Penal Code and s. 5 of the s. 403. The accused was tried and convicted by a Special Judge for offences under s. 161 of the Indian Penal Code and s. 5 of the Prevention of Corruption Act. On appeal the whole proceedings. were quashed as being ab initio invalid for want of proper sanction. The authorities accorded fresh
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