Supreme Court · 1973 INSC 50 · Decided 16 March 1973
State of U. P. v. Kailash Nath Agarwal & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1973 INSC 50 · [1973] 3 S.C.R. 728
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 193/1969
- Decided
- 16 March 1973
- Bench
- C.A. VAIDYIALINGAM, I.D. DUA, A. ALAGIRISWAMI (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 120(B), 420, 467, 468, 471; CrPC Section 331(1), 337, 337(1), 529
Headnote
U. P. v. KAILASH NATH AGARWAL & ORS. March 16. 1973 [A. ALAGIIUSWAMI, I. D. DUA AND C. A, V AIDIALINOAM, JI,] Cr. P.C.-s. 331(1)-Whether a District Mqlstratt is competent to grant pardon under the section when a Firs~ Class Magistrate, .before whom the enquiry proceedings wert pending, had against them under s. 120(B), 420, 467, 468 and 471 I.P.C. The enquiry proceedings were started in the court of the 1st Class Magistrate, Kanpur. The 2nd and 3rd respondents gave confessional statements and both of them made applicatiom& under s. 337 of Cr.P.C .. praying for grant of
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