Supreme Court · 1977 INSC 216 · Decided 9 November 1977
Iqbal Singh v. State (Delhi Administration) & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1977 INSC 216 · [1978] 2 S.C.R. 174
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 60/1977
- Decided
- 9 November 1977
- Bench
- A.C. GUPTA, P.S. KAILASAM (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 161, 165, 165A, 5(2); CrPC Section 337(1); Constitution Article 227, 14; Prevention of Corruption Act Section 5
Headnote
Cri!nina.l Law A1nendment Act, 1952, s. S(l)-Jurisdiction of Special Judge~ whether limited by a grant of pardon by Magistrate u/s. 337(1), Cr.P.C., 1898- Post-pardon application of s. 8(1), whether violatire of .4r!icle 14, Constitu­ tion of India. A charge-sheet agamst the appellant and two read with ss. 161 and 165-A, 1.P.C. and s. 5(2) of the Prevention of Conuption Act, 1947. Earlier, at the investigation stage, the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Delhi, bad granted pardon to an approver u/s. 337(1) Cr. P.C., 1898. The appellant applied for getting the proceeding quashed, but his
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