Supreme Court · 1953 INSC 20 · Decided 12 March 1953
Ram Narayan Singh v. The State of Delhi and Others
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1953 INSC 20 · [1953] 1 S.C.R. 652
- Case number
- Habeas Corpus Petition No. 54/1953
- Decided
- 12 March 1953
- Bench
- M. PATANJALI SASTRI, BIJAN KUMAR MUKHERJEA, SUDHI RANJAN DAS, GHULAM HASAN, NATWARLAL HARILAL BHAGWATI (5-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 188; CrPC Section 344; Constitution Article 32
Headnote
652 SUPREME COURT REPORTS (1953) RAM NARAYAN SINGH v. THE s·rATE OF DELHI AND OTHERS. [PATANJALr SAs1·nr C. J., MrKHER.TEA, S. R. DAs, GHULAM HASAN and BHAGWATI JJ.] Criminal trial-Adjouriiment of case -No order remanding accused to custody - Legality of detention ·-Criminal institution of the proceedings. Section 344 of the Criminal Procedure Code requires a Magis· trate, if he chooses to adjourn a case, " to remand by warrant the accused if in custody" and provides further that every order made under this section by a Court other than a High ,Court
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