Supreme Court · 1968 INSC 279 · Decided 25 October 1968
Lalta and ORS. v. State of Uttar Pradesh
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1968 INSC 279 · [1969] 2 S.C.R. 526
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 185/1966
- Decided
- 25 October 1968
- Bench
- J.C. SHAH, V. RAMASWAMI, A.N. GROVER (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 342, 384, 193, 194, 209, 465, 467, 471; CrPC Section 403; Arms Act
Headnote
Code of Criminal Procedure (5 of 1898), s. 403-Rule of issue­ estoppel-Applicahility. B The first appellant filed a suit on a promissory note. Prior to the institution of the suit, the executant of the promissory note had filed a complaint against the appellants alleging that they had forcibly ·acquitted the appellants. Thereafter. the suit on the promis·sory note was dismissed on the ground that the promissory note was a forgery because, the stamps affixed were of a date later than that of the, promissory note. The Court then filed a complaint against the appellants
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