Supreme Court · 1957 INSC 20 · Decided 20 February 1957
Raghubansh Lal v. The State of U.P.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1957 INSC 20 · [1957] 1 S.C.R. 696
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 94/1955
- Decided
- 20 February 1957
- Bench
- B. JAGANNADHADAS, SYED JAFFER IMAM, P. GOVINDA MENON, J.L. KAPUR (4-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 218; CrPC Section 145; Constitution Article 136
Headnote
COURT REPORTS RAGHUBANSH LAL ti. THE STATE OF U. P. [1957] (JAGANNADHADAS, JAFER IMAM, Gov1NDA MENON and J. L. KAPUR JJ.) Criminal Trial-Knowingly forniing record in incorrect tna1111er -Intention to cause loss or injury-Indian Penal Code, s. 218. 1"hc appellant, being a Patwari, was in order to sustain a conviction undc.r s. 218 of the Indian Penal Code it is not sufficient that the entry is incorrect, it is essential that the entry should have been made with intent to cause, or knowing it to be likely to cause, loss or injury to some person. The incorrect entry in regard
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