Supreme Court · 1985 INSC 103 · Decided 25 April 1985
Bhagwant Singh v. Commissioner of Police and ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1985 INSC 103 · [1985] 3 S.C.R. 942
- Case number
- CONTEMPT PETITION (CRIMINAL) No. 4998/1983
- Decided
- 25 April 1985
- Bench
- P.N. BHAGWATI, AMARENDRA NATH SEN, D.P. MADON (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Contempt
- Acts & sections cited
- CrPC Section 154, 173; Constitution Article 32
Headnote
Criminal Procedure Code, 1913, ss. 154 and 173-First Information Report -The informant is entitled to hearing, when, on the basis of police report Magis­ trate p'refers to drop the proceedings instead of taking cognizance of ojfe11ce­ Person injured or relative of the person who died in hearing except a standing to appear before Afagistrare the Magis­ trate, of his own discretion can isst.e notice to then1 for hearing. Adn1inistrative law-Naturaljustice-Eifficulty in con1pliance with-Can­ not be a ground to deny the opportunity of hearing. In a criminal case where First
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