Supreme Court · 1964 INSC 121 · Decided 15 April 1964
Ouseph Poulo and Three Others v. Catholic Union Bank LTD. and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1964 INSC 121 · [1964] 7 S.C.R. 745
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 51/1962
- Decided
- 15 April 1964
- Bench
- P.B. GAJENDRAGADKAR, K.N. WANCHOO, K.C. DAS GUPTA (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Contract Act Section 23
Headnote
Contract-Documents executed in favour of Bank as secu. Tity for debts-Withdrawal.' of criminal complaint by Bank­ Documents, if executed for stifling prosecution-Test-Indian Contract Act, 1872 (9 of 1872), s. 23. Two of the defendants in the two suits out of which the present appeals arose respondent Bank in course of their tusiness by pledging their goods. The Bank discovered that there was shortage in the goods deposited and through its Secretary lodged a com· plaint- with the police that the said defendants, their father and brother had in collusion with the local agent
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