Supreme Court · 1971 INSC 137 · Decided 30 April 1971
Narayanswami v. State of Maharashtra
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1971 INSC 137 · [1971] SUPP. 1 S.C.R. 588
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 3/1969
- Decided
- 30 April 1971
- Bench
- K.S. HEGDE, A.N. GROVER (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- CrPC Section 479A
Headnote
y, STATE OF MAHARASHTRA April 30, 1n1 [K. S. HEGDE AND A. N. GROVER, JJ.l Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898-Section 479A sub-section (!)­ Reasonable opportunity of being heard contemplated by section not nzan .. datory, The requirement under sub-section (!) of section 479A of the is required to be taken only if the court thinks fit-a matter left to the discretion of the trial court. The prosecution of the appellant is therefore not vitiated because such an op­ portunity was not given. [594F-GJ Dr. B. K. Pal Chaudhry v. The State of Assam, [1960] l S.C.R. 945 and Dr.
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