Supreme Court · 1977 INSC 114 · Decided 12 April 1977
Eknath Shankarrao Mukkawar v. State of Maharashtra
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1977 INSC 114 · [1977] 3 S.C.R. 513
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 577/1976
- Decided
- 12 April 1977
- Bench
- Y.V. CHANDRACHUD, P.K. GOSWAMI, P.N. SHINGAL (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- CrPC Section 377(2), 377(1), 377
Headnote
Re1·lsional jurisdiction-Suo motu po!v~rs of tire 1/ig!J Court to wlrancc sentence-Power not takm away by proi'ISI0/1 for appeal against illlldtquacy of se111ence by the Stale Govemml'llt or the Central Govermncnt-Crlrni~~al Pro­ cl'durc Coac. C1ct ll of 1974), 1973, section 397 read Procedure fode (Act 11 of 1974), 1973, Section 317(1), (21- Meanmg of the words by any other a~~ncy empowered to make investi~atiolt into any oOem:_e under any Central Act"-lm•estigation under Pr.,·emion cf Pood Adulterntton Act by Food lttrpcctors-Sution 377(1) and not.._
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