Supreme Court · 1995 INSC 334 · Decided 2 May 1995
Dhananjay Sharma v. State of Haryana and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1995 INSC 334 · [1995] 3 S.C.R. 964
- Case number
- WRIT PETITION (CRIMINAL) No. 15/1994
- Decided
- 2 May 1995
- Bench
- A.S. ANAND, FAIZAN UDDIN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 191, 192; Constitution Article 32, 144
Headnote
Y SHARMA v. STATE OF HARYANA AND ORS. MAY 2, 1995 B [DR. A.S. ANAND AND FAIZAN UDDIN, JJ.) Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 : S.2(c}-Criminal contempt-Illegal detention of detenues by police of- C ficials in ranks of SP, DSP and SHo-Habeas Corpus petition filed in Supreme Court-Police officials of C.B.J. establishing factum of illegal detention of detenu by police personnel, latter filing false affidavits in Court denying the fact!t"-Held swear- D ing of false affidavits in a court of law amounts to criminal contempt as it has not only the tendency of causing obstruction in
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