Supreme Court · 1994 INSC 99 · Decided 1 March 1994
S.P. Vaithianathan v. K. Shanmuganathan
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1994 INSC 99 · [1994] 2 S.C.R. 257
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 156/1994
- Decided
- 1 March 1994
- Bench
- A.M. AHMADI, N. VENKATACHALA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 307, 323, 341, 342, 363, 364, 506(2); CrPC Section 482
Headnote
A v. K. SHA."IMUGANATHAN MARCH 1, 1994 [AM. AHMADI AND N. VENKATACHALA, JJ.) B Criminal Law-Police Officer-Prosecution of-Allegations of beating and torturing complainl-l'rosecution resisted as bamd by s.53 of Tamil Nadu District Police Act, 1859-Held, in order to avail benefit of s.53 law. Tamil Nadu District Police Act, 1859: Section 53-f'olice Of­ ficel'-l'rosecution of-Limitatio~eld, before a prosecution is terminated as baned by s.53, accused must show that act complained of was done under D ~ provisions of the Act or any other law. The appellant, being in-charge of
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