Supreme Court · 1970 INSC 158 · Decided 14 August 1970
Bholanath Amritlal Purohit v. State of Gujarat
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1970 INSC 158 · [1971] 1 S.C.R. 817
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 43/1967
- Decided
- 14 August 1970
- Bench
- S.M. SIKRI, K.S. HEGDE, I.D. DUA (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- CrPC Section 173, 197; Constitution
Headnote
817 Indian Post Office Act, 1898 (6 of 1898), s. 12-Section requiring com­ plaint for offence covered by s. 55 to made by order of or under authority from Director-General or Post Master General-Information about offence under s. 55 given by postal authorities to police-Report under s. 173 Cr. cog~ '.nizance of offence-Trial whether invalid for non~cotnpliance with s.72 ";of Post office Act. The appellant was tried and convicted by tbe Judicial Magistrate !st Class Broach under s.55 of the Indian Post Office Act, 1898. In appeal the conviction was affirmed by the Sessions Judge.
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