Supreme Court · 1974 INSC 225 · Decided 5 November 1974
Champaklal Ganeshmal v. The State of Maharashtra
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1974 INSC 225 · [1975] 2 S.C.R. 584
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 41/1971
- Decided
- 5 November 1974
- Bench
- Y.V. CHANDRACHUD, P.N. BHAGWATI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC; Constitution
Headnote
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