Supreme Court · 1955 INSC 53 · Decided 14 October 1955
Purshottam Govindji Halai v. Shree B.M Additional Collector of Bombay & OTHERS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1955 INSC 53 · [1955] 2 S.C.R. 887
- Case number
- WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No. 270/1955
- Decided
- 14 October 1955
- Bench
- SUDHI RANJAN DAS, N. CHANDRASEKHARA AIYAR, VIVIAN BOSE, B. JAGANNADHADAS, SYED JAFFER IMAM (5-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Writ / Constitutional
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 420; Constitution Article 13, 226, 14, 21, 32; Income Tax Act
Headnote
SUPREME COURT REPORTS 887 be convicted of the offence under section 120-B of the Indian Penal Code when his alleged co-conspirators accused 2, 3 and 4 were acquitted of that offence. In our opinion, therefore, the conviction of the acoised No. 1 of the charge under section 120-B of the Indian im­ pri,;onmeut of l 8 months awanletl to him as the result thereof would be quashed. 'Ve are not concerned here with th~ conviction of the accused No. 1 of the offences under section 471 read with section 465 and also his conv;ction for each of the three offences under section 420 of the
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