Supreme Court · 2004 INSC 6 · Decided 5 January 2004
Mangilal v. State of Madhya Pradesh
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2004 INSC 6 · [2004] 1 S.C.R. 1
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 667/2003
- Decided
- 5 January 2004
- Bench
- DORAISWAMY RAJU, ARIJIT PASAYAT (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Partly allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 149; CrPC Section 357, 357(4)
Headnote
B "( Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973; Seclion 357: Grant of compensation by the High Courl to heirs of deceased/injured c withoul affording an opporlzmity of hearing to lhe accused-Correctness of- Held: The power of the Courl to award compensation nol ancillary lo other sentences but in have lo be followed unless found excluded by express words of statutes or necessary intendment-Statutory silence implies compliance with the principles of natural justice-High Court D directed to grant an opportunity to hear the accused before directing any payment of compensation. \ Words and
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