Supreme Court · 1978 INSC 11 · Decided 23 January 1978
Muktinarain Jha and ORS. v. State of Bihar
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1978 INSC 11 · [1978] 2 S.C.R. 602
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 169/1968
- Decided
- 23 January 1978
- Bench
- V.R. KRISHNA IYER, JASWANT SINGH (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- CrPC
Headnote
JHA AND ORS. v. STATE OF BIHAR January 23, 1978 [V. R. KRISHNA IYER AND JASWANT SINGH, JJ.) Practice and Procedure-Communication of orders passed in appeal, revision reference by the High Court in Criminal Cases should be sent without lea.\·t delay-Criminal Procedure Code (Act II in fact the petitioners did surrender but the ~sistant Sessions C Judge refused to take them into jail custody for want of receipt of judgment from the High Court. D E Allowing the petition for restoration of the special leave petition, the Court. Observed :- It is unfortunate that when High
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