Supreme Court · 2018 INSC 494 · Decided 11 May 2018
Sheila Sebastian v. R. Jawaharaj & ANR. ETC.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2018 INSC 494 · [2018] 4 S.C.R. 439
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 359/2010
- Decided
- 11 May 2018
- Bench
- N.V. RAMANA, S. ABDUL NAZEER (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 420, 464, 465
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860 - ss.420, 464, 465 - Allegation of forgery - Prosecution case was that accused no.1, with the aid of imposter impersonating as the owner of the property belonging to the complainant, created a Power of Attorney (PoA) in his name as if he was her agent and using the property by executing a mortgage deed in favour of accused-respondent no.2 - Conviction by trial court, upheld by Sessions court - High Court set aside concurrent finding of courts below and ordered acquittal - On appeal, held: A charge of forgery cannot be imposed on a
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