Supreme Court · 2007 INSC 524 · Decided 7 May 2007
N. Devindrappa v. State of Karnataka
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2007 INSC 524 · [2007] 6 S.C.R. 36
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 686/2007
- Decided
- 7 May 2007
- Bench
- S.B. SINHA, MARKANDEY KATJU (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 420
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860; s.420: Cheating-Dishonestly inducing complainant to pay certain amount of """' c money promising to allot him a plot under a Scheme-Plot not allotted- Complaint-Trial Court convicting him under s.420 IPC and sentenced him accordingly-Conviction affirmed by High by exhibits-documents bearing his signature-handwriting of D accused testified by the handwriting expert-Hence, offence under Section 420 JPC is made out-Since Courts below recorded a finding of fact based on evidence on record, there is no reason to disagree with the same. Appellant, a
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