Supreme Court · 2022 INSC 621 · Decided 20 May 2022
M/S Knit Pro International v. The State of NCT of Delhi & ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2022 INSC 621 · [2022] 3 S.C.R. 290
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 807/2022
- Decided
- 20 May 2022
- Bench
- M.R. SHAH, B.V. NAGARATHNA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 420; CrPC Section 156(3)
Headnote
Copyright Act, 1957 - s.63 - Whether, the offence under s.63 of the Copyright Act is a cognizable offence or a non-cognizable offence - Held: For offence u/s.63 of the Copyright Act, the maximum punishment which can be imposed would In that view of the matter considering Part II of the First Schedule of the CrPC, if the offence is punishable with imprisonment for three years and onwards but not more than seven years the offence is a cognizable offence - High Court committed grave error in holding that the offence
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