Supreme Court · 1998 INSC 52 · Decided 3 February 1998
Sachida Nand Singh and ANR. v. State of Bihar and ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1998 INSC 52 · [1998] 1 S.C.R. 492
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 2059/1996
- Decided
- 3 February 1998
- Bench
- M.M. PUNCHHI, K.T. THOMAS, M. SRINIVASAN (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 471, 475, 476, 463; CrPC Section 145
Headnote
-I Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973~Sections 195(J)(b) (ii) and 340(1)-Bar against prosecution in respect of offences of forgery under c section 463 or punishable under sections 471, 475 or 476 of Indian Penal Code committed in respect of a document produced or given in evidence in a proceeding in was produced in court-Held, bar under section 195(1)(b) (ii) not applicable--Indian Penal Code, 1872-Sections 463, 471, 475 and 476. ~. D Interpretation of Statutes·-Construction Provision curbing general jurisdiction of the Court should receive strict construction-Construction capable of
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