Supreme Court · 1972 INSC 158 · Decided 28 July 1972

Ram Narain and Others v. State of Bihar

Court
Supreme Court of India
Citation
1972 INSC 158 · [1973] 1 S.C.R. 738
Case number
CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 63/1968
Decided
28 July 1972
Bench
I.D. DUA, HANS RAJ KHANNA (2-judge bench)
Outcome
Appeal(s) allowed
Case type
Criminal
Acts & sections cited
CrPC Section 107

Headnote

Code of-CrimillCI/ Procedure (Act 5 of 1898), s. 101-Lapse of time hefu,'een date of incident and ·dispos'G.Z of proceedings-Danger of breach of peace non.existent-Expediency of r,equiring bonds under section. . Section 107, Cr. P. C. is designed to enable the Magistrate to take measures It is not correct to .ay that once the per'iod for which the bond was ordered to be executed had expired the order becomes nugatory. because. it would lead to the re>ult that the proceedings under ·the section would have to be dropped if the person prodileded against succeeds in

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