Supreme Court · 1972 INSC 21 · Decided 20 January 1972
Gouri Shankar Jha v. The State of Blhar and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1972 INSC 21 · [1972] 3 S.C.R. 129
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 123/1968
- Decided
- 20 January 1972
- Bench
- J.M. SHELAT, HANS RAJ KHANNA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- CrPC Section 167, 344; Constitution Article 22
Headnote
Habeas ('orpus-Reniand order-Mcgistrate can pass Order if for some reason the accused cannot he productd--Order sheet showing lvrongly that person in custody was produced before magistrate-Such wrong entry does not 1nean that renuznd order was not in fact oasstd • . Code of Criminal submission of charge-shtet. Jn the appeal against the order of the Hiah Court dismissing the appel­ lant's petition for a writ of habeas corpus the appellant urged that be was not produced before a magistrate within 24 hours after biJ arrest as required by s. 167 of the Code of Criminal
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