Supreme Court · 1977 INSC 163 · Decided 8 August 1977
State of Maharashtra v. Kaliar Koil Subrahmaniam Ramaswamy
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1977 INSC 163 · [1978] 1 S.C.R. 274
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 6/1972
- Decided
- 8 August 1977
- Bench
- N.L. UNTWALIA, P.N. SHINGAL (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 161, 165; CrPC Section 96; Constitution Article 20(1); Prevention of Corruption Act Section 5(1)(e)
Headnote
G H 274 STATE OF MAHARASHTRA v. KALIAR KOIL SUBRAHMANIAM RAMASWAMY August 8, 1977 [N. L. UNTWALIA AND P. N. SHINGHAL, JJ .] Constitution of India-Article 20(1)-Wherher a person can be convicted for an act which was not an offence when committed. Prevention of Corruption ACt 1947-Section Kolhapur. Under a search warrant his house was· searched and a lot ot pro­ perty \vas recovered from his possession. While the matter was still . under investigation, the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947 was amended by insert­ ing clause (e) in sub-section (1) of s. 5, The
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