Supreme Court · 1972 INSC 137 · Decided 3 May 1972
Gunwantlal v. The State of Madhya Pradesh
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1972 INSC 137 · [1973] 1 S.C.R. 508
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 241/1969
- Decided
- 3 May 1972
- Bench
- G.K. MITTER, P. JAGANMOHAN REDDY, KUTTYIL KURIEN MATHEW (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- CrPC Section 39; Arms Act Section 25(a), 45(a)
Headnote
SfATE OF MADHYA l'Rl\DF.511 May 3,. 1972 {P, ]AGANMQHAN REDDY, K. K. MATHEW AND G. K. MITTER, ]J.} The Arms Act 54 of 1959, S. 25(a)-Possession of fire arm wheth.111 includes constvuctive pos~essiori--Code of Criminal Procedure s. 39- SIJllClion for wosecutio7>-Validity of. M who was accu ed of a revolver whien he had kept with one C at villa11e Karoonda in tbe State of Rajastban. On that information tm revolver waa l!lf'@<i frllD! C the next day oomely, Septembec 17, 1966. The po.ice at Neemucli in Madhya ~ 11Pplied for sanction under s. 39 of ~ J\ct to prosecute the
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