Supreme Court · 2008 INSC 188 · Decided 14 February 2008
S. Anand v. Vasumathi Chandrasekar
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2008 INSC 188 · [2008] 2 S.C.R. 870
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 311/2008
- Decided
- 14 February 2008
- Bench
- S.B. SINHA, V.S. SIRPURKAR (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- CrPC Section 256, 311, 256(1); Constitution Article 136; NI Act Section 138
Headnote
I ,.~ •) Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 - ss.256 and 311 - 1:.- Alleged commission of offence under s.138 of the NI Act - c Criminal complaint - Metropolitan Magistrate acquitted accused-appellant under s.256(1) of CrPC stating that the J-complainant had been continuously absent and there behalf for several hearings - Order set ,____ aside by High Court - On· appeal, held: Presence of ~ D complainant or her lawyer would have been necessary only for cross-examination of the witnesses examined on behalf of the defence - If she did not intend to do so, she would do so at >--
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