Supreme Court · 1996 INSC 1194 · Decided 11 October 1996
Guru Bipin Singh v. SH. Chongtham Manihar Singh and ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1996 INSC 1194 · [1996] SUPP. 7 S.C.R. 611
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1805/1996
- Decided
- 11 October 1996
- Bench
- G.N. RAY, B.L. HANSARIA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 420, 465, 468, 500; Evidence Act Section 33; Constitution Article 136
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860 : Sections 420, 465, 468 and 500-Seeking initiation of Criminal Proceedings-Earlier a Complaint had been filed, which had ended in compromise with tendering of apology-Repetition of same offence alleged-Whether fresh cause of action accrned-Held, no legally admissible evidence or a part thereof must-In absence of forgery the allegation under Section 420 would fail-Section 468 intimately connected with Sections 420 and 465. A B c Evidence Act : Section 33-Proviso-Reliance sought to be placed on D certain statement recorded in the first complaint-Held, the same is
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