Supreme Court · 1953 INSC 12 · Decided 16 February 1953
Magga and Another v. The State of Rajasthan
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1953 INSC 12 · [1953] 1 S.C.R. 973
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 103/1952
- Decided
- 16 February 1953
- Bench
- MEHR CHAND MAHAJAN, SUDHI RANJAN DAS (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302; CrPC Section 285; Constitution Article 134(l)(c)
Headnote
SUPREME COURT REPORTS 973 . MAGGA AND ANOTHER v. THE STATE OF RAJASTHAN [MEHR CHAND MAHAJAN and S. R. DAS JJ.] Criminal Procedure Code (V of 1898), ss. 284, 285, 539-Asses­ soi·s-Trial with three assessors-Absence of one assessor during trial-Substitution of new person-Legality of to be continued and completed with the aid of less than three if during the course of the trial any assessor is prevented by sufficient cause from at­ tending. It does not, however, authorise the substitution of an assessor for an absent one nor an addition to the number of asses­
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