Supreme Court · 2009 INSC 929 · Decided 21 July 2009
Ramesh Duti & ORS. v. State of Punjab & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2009 INSC 929 · [2009] 10 S.C.R. 1163
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1284/2009
- Decided
- 21 July 2009
- Bench
- S.B. SINHA, DEEPAK VERMA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 420; CrPC Section 482; Evidence Act Section 41to44
Headnote
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973: s.482 - FIR lodged under ss.4201465146714681471 and 1208 /PC - Quashing of A B _, A/legation against appellants was that suit land, though in C possession of appellants, vested in government and appellants by transferring the suit land cheated government - - Correctness of - Held: Not correct - Entry in revenue record of rights is merely an evidence of possession - Such an entry o would not create title and absence thereof would not extinguish the same - Unless there exists a statutory interdict, · a person in possession may transfer
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