Supreme Court · 1960 INSC 34 · Decided 26 February 1960
Mohamed Dastagir v. The State of Madras
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1960 INSC 34 · [1960] 3 S.C.R. 116
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 137/1957
- Decided
- 26 February 1960
- Bench
- BHUVNESHWAR PRASAD SINHA, SYED JAFFER IMAM, A.K. SARKAR, K.N. WANCHOO, J.C. SHAH (5-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 165A; CrPC Section 422, 417; Constitution Article 20(J), 20(3)
Headnote
26 116 SUPREME COURT R,EPORTS [1960) MOHAMED DASTAGIR v. THE STATE OF MADRAS (B. P. SINHA. c. J., JAFER IMAM, A. K. SAHKAR, K. N. W ANCHOO AND J. C. SHAH. JJ) Fundamental Right-Protection against conviction-Police Officer refusing offer of bribe, but nshing accused to produce notes-Such of notice· on accused, ifkvitiates conviction-Code of Criminal Procedure, I898 (Act v of I898,) s. 422. The appellant was tried by the Special Judge Tiruchirappalli under s. r65A of Indian Penal Code for attempting to bribe K, a Deputy Superintendent of Police. The prosecution
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