Supreme Court · 1969 INSC 158 · Decided 29 July 1969
Madan Raj Bhandari v. State of Rajasthan
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1969 INSC 158 · [1970] 1 S.C.R. 688
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 82/1967
- Decided
- 29 July 1969
- Bench
- S.M. SIKRI, G.K. MITTER, K.S. HEGDE (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 109
Headnote
v. STATE OF RAJASfHAN Ju 1y 29, 1969 [S. M. SI.KR!, G. K. MITTER AND K. S. HEGDE, JJ.J Criminal trial-Accused charged with ahettne111-Principtll o{lender acquitted-Accused convicted of having abeaed anothl!r pc,son-.'\1o such charge-Legality of conviction. The appellant was charged with of the offence. The High Court confirmed the conviction. In appeal to this CX>urt, A B c HELD : The facts of the present case fell within the rule that a charge of abctmeot fails ordinarily when the substantive offence is not established against the principal offender. The High Court
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