Supreme Court · 1972 INSC 103 · Decided 11 April 1972
Ratilal Bhanji Mithani v. The State of Maharashtra and Others
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1972 INSC 103 · [1973] 1 S.C.R. 118
- Case number
- Criminal Miscellaneous Petition No. 1260/1971
- Decided
- 11 April 1972
- Bench
- S.M. SIKRI, J.M. SHELAT, A.N. RAY, I.D. DUA, HANS RAJ KHANNA (5-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 167(81); CrPC Section 504; Evidence Act; Constitution Article 14; Customs Act Section 5
Headnote
B Code of Criminal Procedure (Act S of 189S) ss. S04 and SOSA­ Scope of. Practice and Procedure-Appeal disposed of-Power of Supreme Court to extend time for return of Commission. The appellant, along with others, was charged with offence under s. 1208, l.P.C. read withs. 167(SI) of the Sea Imports and Exports Control Act, 1947, and the prosecution had to exan1ine- certaiP witnesses in West Germany on Commission. The High Court order<od tho i.ssue of the Commission. The appellant appealed to this Court agrunst the order and the appeal was qonfined to the payment of expenses to
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