Supreme Court · 1972 INSC 112 · Decided 18 April 1972
Satnarain Sao v. The State of Bihar
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1972 INSC 112 · [1973] 1 S.C.R. 207
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 67/1968
- Decided
- 18 April 1972
- Bench
- A.N. GROVER, M. HAMEEDULLAH BEG (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 411; Evidence Act Section 144(a)
Headnote
F G H SATNARAIN SAO v. THE STATE OF BIHAR April 18, 1972 [A. N. GROVER AND M. H. BEG, JJ.) 207 Indian Pena.I Code. s. 411 and Evidence Act s. 144(a)-Stolen pro· perty found in the possession of accused shortly after theft-Accused's explanqtion must be found to be reasonably true to other cycles. The appel­ lant's explanation was that some of the cycles belonged to members c>f his family and the others were pledged with him in the course of his business. Ext. :PA was produced oy the appellant to show that the Sen· Raleigh cycle in question had been pledged
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