Supreme Court · 1977 INSC 189 · Decided 4 October 1977
Balwant Singh & ORS. v. State of Bihar
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1977 INSC 189 · [1978] 1 S.C.R. 604
- Case number
- SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION (CRIMINAL) No. 863/1977
- Decided
- 4 October 1977
- Bench
- V.R. KRISHNA IYER, JASWANT SINGH, D.A. DESAI (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- CrPC
Headnote
SINGH & ORS. v. STATE OF BIHAR October 4, 1977 B [V. R. KrusHNA IYER, JASWANT SINGH AND D. A. DESAI, JI.} c D E F G ''Nolle prosequi"-Withdrawal from the vro!ecution ul s. 321 o/ t~ Crinilnal Procedure Code ( Act fl of 1974), 1973 (1898 Code, sec. 494), scQpt of­ Duties of the Bihar, was directed by the magistrate to withdraw the case at the instance of the State Criminal Intelligence Department on the ground that a second investigation made by the Police in the said matter was truer than the first which proved to be false. The Public Prosecutor acted on the direction
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