Supreme Court · 1998 INSC 195 · Decided 23 April 1998
Nlrmal Kanti Roy ETC. v. State of West Bengal ETC.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1998 INSC 195 · [1998] 2 S.C.R. 1147
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 475/1998
- Decided
- 23 April 1998
- Bench
- M.M. PUNCHHI, K.T. THOMAS, S. RAJENDRA BABU (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 409; CrPC Section 167(5)
Headnote
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 : A B S.167(5)(6) as amended by West Bengal Act 24 of 1988-0~der of C Magistrate stopping investigation and discharging accused-Held, is not intended to be automatic equal to failure to complete investigation within prescribed period-Power is conferred on him that in interest of justice it is necessary to proceed with investigation beyond the prescribed period and D there are special reasons to do so-Indian Penal Code, 1860-S 409-West Bengal Criminal Law Amendment (Special Court) Act, 1949. Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973/Essential Commodities
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