Supreme Court · 1957 INSC 14 · Decided 11 February 1957
K. N. Mehra v. The State of Rajasthan
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1957 INSC 14 · [1957] 1 S.C.R. 623
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 51/1955
- Decided
- 11 February 1957
- Bench
- B. JAGANNADHADAS, SYED JAFFER IMAM, P. GOVINDA MENON (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 378, 379; CrPC Section 342
Headnote
COURT REPORTS K. N. MEHRA fl. THE STATE OF RAJASTHAN fJ AGAN N ADHADAS, JAl'ER IMAM and MENON JJ.l {;ovINDA 623 Aircraft, Theft of-Used for training-Implied consent- Dishonest intention-Temporary retention-Theft and Larceny, Di,·tinctivn-lndian Penal Code (Act XLTI of 1860), ss. 23, 24, in order to such taking, is said to commit theft". P and the appel!ant were cadets on training in the Indian Air Force Academy, Jodhpur. but P had been discharged on the gr·ound of misconduct, and on the day of the incident the appellant was due for a local flight in a Dakota as
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