Supreme Court · 2024 INSC 407 · Decided 13 May 2024
Shento Varghese v. Julfikar Husen & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2024 INSC 407 · [2024] 6 S.C.R. 409
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 2531/2024
- Decided
- 13 May 2024
- Bench
- PAMIDIGHANTAM SRI NARASIMHA, ARAVIND KUMAR (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Partly allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- CrPC Section 102(3), 102(1)
Headnote
What is the implication of non-reporting of the seizure forthwith to the jurisdictional Magistrate as provided under Section 102(3) Cr.P.C.; does delayed reporting of the seizure to the Magistrate vitiate the seizure order altogether. Code of s.102(3) - Implication of non-reporting of the seizure forthwith to the jurisdictional Magistrate: Held: The meaning of the word 'forthwith' as used in section 102(3) has not received judicial construction - The said expression must receive a reasonable construction
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