Supreme Court · 1976 INSC 318 · Decided 8 December 1976
Sharda Prasad Sinha v. State of Bihar
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1976 INSC 318 · [1977] 2 S.C.R. 357
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 203/1976
- Decided
- 8 December 1976
- Bench
- P.N. BHAGWATI, A.C. GUPTA, P.N. SHINGAL (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- CrPC Section 482
Headnote
Inherent powers of the High Court lo quash proceedings taki111? co~nizance of :the offence when the allegations set out in a complaint or the chari;esheet do not .constitute any offence-Criminal Procedure Code 1973 (Act 2 of 1974), s. 482. Employing or permitting to employ any person under the age and in contravention of s. 25 A B ·<;l)nstitutes a<i offence u/s. 54(1)(a) of the Bihar and Orissa Excise Aet 1915. C :Under s. 25(2) it is an offence when a woman is employed or permitted to be .emplIDyed, by a person licensed to sell foreign liquor, and the employment of
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