Supreme Court · [1959] 1 S.C.R. 1211 · Decided 25 August 1958
S. Veerabadran Chettiar v. E.V. Ramaswami Naicker & Others
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- [1959] 1 S.C.R. 1211
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 49/1956
- Decided
- 25 August 1958
- Bench
- BHUVNESHWAR PRASAD SINHA, SYED JAFFER IMAM, K.N. WANCHOO (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 295, 295A; CrPC Section 202, 203
Headnote
S.C.R. • SUPR8ME COURT REPORTS • S. VEERABADRAN CHETTIAR • v. 12ll E. V. RAMASiVAMI NAIOKER & OTHEJ1S (R. P .• SINHA, JAFER IMAM and K. N. WANCHOO .JJ.) Insult to Religion-Ingredients of offence-Interpretation of slalitte-Duty of Court-Indian Penal Code (Act X LV of I86o), on festival occasions. Not merely idols or sacred books, but any other object which is regarded as sacred by any class of persons, whether actually worshipped or not, fall within the descrip­ tion. Queen Empress v. Imam Ali, (r887) I.L.R. IO All. 150 and Ramesh Chunder Sannyal v. Him Mondal,
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