Supreme Court · 1952 INSC 25 · Decided 30 April 1952
Bhagw An Singh v. The State of Punjab
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1952 INSC 25 · [1952] 1 S.C.R. 812
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 12/1952
- Decided
- 30 April 1952
- Bench
- SIR SYED FAZL ALI, VIVIAN BOSE (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- CrPC Section 208, 288, 537, 540, 107; Evidence Act Section 145, 157
Headnote
812 SUPREME COURT REPORTS BHAGW AN SINGH fl. THE STATE OF PUNJAB [SAIYID FAzL Au and VIVIAN BoSE JJ.J (1952] Evidence Act (1 of 1872), secs. 145, 157-Criminal Procedure Code, 1898, secs. 208, 288, 537, 540-Criminal trial-Examination of Witness not examined before Comm:'tting tice of examining Committing Magistrate, impropriety of. The Sessions Court has power to examine witnesses who were not examined before the Committing Magistrate because 0£ -sec. 540, Criminal Procedure Code, and if the witness is treated .as a prosecution witness and
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