Supreme Court · 2006 INSC 427 · Decided 13 July 2006
Bhupinder Singh and ORS. v. Jarnail Singh and ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2006 INSC 427 · [2006] SUPP. 3 S.C.R. 513
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 757/2006
- Decided
- 13 July 2006
- Bench
- ARIJIT PASAYAT, S.H. KAPADIA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 304B, 304(8), 3048; CrPC Section 167
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860-Section 304B-Ojfence under-Permissible period for filing of challan in Court-Held: Is 90 days and not 60 days-Code of Criminal Procedure, 197 3-Section 167 (2), proviso. Words and Phrases-Word "punishable"-Meaning of Appellants were arrested for offences punishable under A B c was not filed in Court in time. Magistrate rejected the application holding D that the challan was presented in Court pri~r to completion of 90 days and therefore within the prescribed period. But the Sessions Judge granted bail, holding that in relation to Section 304(8), IPC permissible
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