Supreme Court · 1965 INSC 132 · Decided 6 May 1965
Rajeswar Prosad Misra v. State of West Bengal & ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1965 INSC 132 · [1966] 1 S.C.R. 178
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 19/1963
- Decided
- 6 May 1965
- Bench
- A.K. SARKAR, M. HIDAYATULLAH, V. RAMASWAMI (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 408
Headnote
PROSAD MISRA v. STATE OF WEST BEl'iGAL & ANR. May 6, 1965 [A. K. SARKAR, M. HIDAYATULLAH AND V. RAMASWAMI, JJ.j l'odt• of ('rinzinal l'rocedtlre (Act 5 of 1898) s. 428-Scope of. The appellant was prosecuted for offences under s. 408 Indian Penal Oxte on the ground that he had \\·ould shO\\' -.uch depoc;it. The docun1ent'i were not produced he­ caw,e of !.he v~1gui.:ness of the demand. ·inc f\1agi,.trate did not accept the oral cvi<lencc of the prosecution and acquitted the appellant, drawing a prc~umption <1g;..:in'it the complainant from hi:-.
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