Supreme Court · 1999 INSC 526 · Decided 19 November 1999
State of Himachal Pradesh v. Tara Dutt and ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1999 INSC 526 · [1999] SUPP. 4 S.C.R. 514
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1224/1999
- Decided
- 19 November 1999
- Bench
- G.B. PATTANAIK, M. SRINIVASAN, M.B. SHAH (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 5(2), 109, 417, 465; CrPC Section 109, 417, 465, 468, 420, 120, 473; Prevention of Corruption Act Section 5(2)
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860/Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947/Criminal Procedure Code, 1973: Sections 109, 417, 465, 468, 420 and 120-B!Section 5 (2)/Sections 468 and 473-Respondents charged for the offences under C Sections 468, 420 and 120-B-Cognizance taken four years after the commission-Trial Court 417, 465 and 109-0n appeal the High Court acquitted the respondents of the charges under Sections 417, 465 and 109 also on the ground of cognizance being barred by limitation-On appeal- D Held, /imitation for offences is for the offences charged and not the offences proved-No period of
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