Supreme Court · 1972 INSC 165 · Decided 8 August 1972
Public Prosecutor, Madras v. R. Raju & ANR. ETC.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1972 INSC 165 · [1973] 1 S.C.R. 812
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 194/1969
- Decided
- 8 August 1972
- Bench
- S.M. SIKRI, A.N. RAY, P. JAGANMOHAN REDDY, KUTTYIL KURIEN MATHEW (4-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 109, 511
Headnote
B Central Excises and Sall Act, 1944, s. 40(2)-Bar of limitation on certain su1'ts1 proceedings, prcsecution..~•, ·when c.pplicable-Whether applies h case of Government servants onl,v-Whether nor applicable when acts complained of are malicious-Words "anything done or ordered to 40(2) of the Central Excises and Salt Act, 1944 provides that no smt prosecution or other legal proceeding shal•l be instituted or any­ thmg done or ordered to be done under the Act after the expiration of six months from the accrual of the cause of action or from the date of the
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