Supreme Court · 1987 INSC 253 · Decided 17 September 1987
Baldev Krishna Sahi v. Shipping Corporation of India Limited & ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1987 INSC 253 · [1988] 1 S.C.R. 168
- Case number
- SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION (CRIMINAL) No. 1765/1987
- Decided
- 17 September 1987
- Bench
- A.P. SEN, B.C. RAY (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- CrPC Section 482; Constitution Article 482; Companies Act Section 630
Headnote
Companies Act, 1956: s. 630-Property of company-Wrongful withholding of-Penalty for-Officer allotted flat by company- y Refusing to vacate after retirement-Prosecution for-Whether permis- sible. Interpretation of Statutes: Penal provisions-When to be benefi- ' cently construed. Words and 'any such property'-Meaning of-Companies Act, 1956, s. 630. Sub-section (1) of s. 630 of the Companies Act, 1956 provides for launching of prosecution against an officer or employee of a company, who (a) wrongfully obtains possession of any property of a company, or (b) having any such
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