Supreme Court · 2010 INSC 434 · Decided 27 July 2010
Louis Peter Surin v. State of Jharkhand
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2010 INSC 434 · [2010] 8 S.C.R. 1115
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 498/2006
- Decided
- 27 July 2010
- Bench
- H.S. BEDI, C.K. PRASAD (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC; CrPC; Constitution Article 136; Prevention of Corruption Act
Headnote
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973: A B .· s. 482 - Petition for quashing criminal proceedings c against a retired public servant - FIR filed in 1984 alleging commission of offences punishable under the provisions of the Prevention of Corruption Act and the Penal Code - Charge-sheet submitted the Special Judge in December 2001 - Challenged 0 on the ground of 17 years delay - High Court rejecting the petition - HELD: The public servant had superannuated in 1997 and cognizance was taken by Special Judge four year thereafter in a matter arising out of an FIR registered in April 1984
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