Supreme Court · 2010 INSC 115 · Decided 23 February 2010
Sahdeo @ Sahdeo Singh v. State of U.P. and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2010 INSC 115 · [2010] 2 S.C.R. 1086
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 527/2002
- Decided
- 23 February 2010
- Bench
- J.M. PANCHAL, B.S. CHAUHAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- CrPC; Evidence Act Section 108
Headnote
Contempt of Court: c Alleged illegal abduction and detention by police personnel - Suo motu contempt proceedings initiated by Division Bench of Allahabad High Court - Conviction of appellants - Justification of - Held: On facts, not justified - Contempt proceedings were concluded without ensuring mandatory provisions of the statutory Rules framed for the purpose (i.e. the 1952 Rules) - The appe/lants were never informed as what were the charges against them - Relevant documents on the basis of which the High Court had taken a prima facie view while initiating suo motu E contempt
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