Supreme Court · 2001 INSC 212 · Decided 17 April 2001
Daya Singh Lahoria v. Union of India and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2001 INSC 212 · [2001] 3 S.C.R. 1
- Case number
- WRIT PETITION (CRIMINAL) No. 256/2000
- Decided
- 17 April 2001
- Bench
- G.B. PATTANAIK, U.C. BANERJEE (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 32
Headnote
B Extradition Act, 1962 (as amended by Amending Act of 1993) : Section 21-Scope and ambit of-Criminal courts-Jurisdiction of-To try offences not included in extradition judgment-Fugitive criminals- C Extradition of-Accused extradited from USA for trial of certain offences included in the TADA-Held: A fugitive brought into India under an Extradition Decree can be tried only for the offences mentioned in the Extradition Decree and for no other offence­ Hence, criminal courts in India have no jurisdiction to try such fugitive for D any other offence. Doctrine: Doctrine of
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