Supreme Court · 1978 INSC 144 · Decided 24 August 1978
Hareram Satpathy v. Tikaram Agarwala and 3 Others
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1978 INSC 144 · [1979] 1 S.C.R. 349
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 551/1976
- Decided
- 24 August 1978
- Bench
- JASWANT SINGH, P.S. KAILASAM (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302; CrPC Section 190, 161
Headnote
.. , 349 (7og11iza11ce of offences by Magistrate under section 190 of the Criminal Procl'dure Code. 1913--0nce cognizance has bee11 take1t by the Magistrate, he take.\· CO[!f1izance of an offence and not offenders. A B Re1·isionaf JurL~diction of the lliglt Court-High Court's power very limited in go- C ing into the matter wl1ere the Magistrate, has, aflfi' ~atisfyi11g hilnself prima facie existence of sufficient n1aterial for proceeding against an accused, issued process . One Parsuram Satpathy, brother of the nppellant sought the heJp and protec­ tion of the
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