Supreme Court · 1973 INSC 162 · Decided 7 September 1973
Kishan Narain v. State of Maharashtra
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1973 INSC 162 · [1974] 1 S.C.R. 605
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 14/1970
- Decided
- 7 September 1973
- Bench
- HANS RAJ KHANNA, A. ALAGIRISWAMI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC; Evidence Act Section 124
Headnote
605 E>-idttice Act, 1812 (1 of 1872), ss. 124 and 125-Privilege-Noiings on confide1Jtial file which have no bearing on the guilt or i11noce11ce of the accused -If could be brought on the record by the High dourt. The appellant was convicted under s. 165-A. I.P.C. for offer_ing a bribe to a appeal the High Court upheld the conviction but reduced the sent~nce of imprisonment to six months. Before the Special Judge the appellant had filed applications for the produc·_ ti on of three document'S viz. : ( i) the application made by S, the informer, for· rewards for his
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