Supreme Court · 1961 INSC 190 · Decided 27 April 1961
Harnam Das v. State of Uttar Pradesh
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1961 INSC 190 · [1962] 2 S.C.R. 487
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 74/1961
- Decided
- 27 April 1961
- Bench
- P.B. GAJENDRAGADKAR, A.K. SARKAR, K.N. WANCHOO, K.C. DAS GUPTA, N. RAJAGOPALA AYYANGAR (5-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 295A, 153A; CrPC Section 99A, 99D
Headnote
SUPREME COURT REPORTS 487 HARNAM DAS v. STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH (P. B. GAJENDRAGADKAR, A. K. SARKAR, K. N. WANCHOO, K. c. DAS GUPTA and N. RAJAGOPALA AYYANGAR, JJ.) High Court, Powers of-Forfeiture of seditious publications­ Order passed by Government-Application to High Court to set aside 99A of the Code of Criminal Procedure forfeiting two books written by the appel­ lant as in its opinion they contained matter the publication of which was punishable under s. l53A and 295A of the Indian Penal Code. The order did not state the grounds on which the respondent had formed this
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