Supreme Court · 2000 INSC 197 · Decided 6 April 2000
State of West Bengal v. Narayan K. Patodia
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2000 INSC 197 · [2000] 2 S.C.R. 1013
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 337/2000
- Decided
- 6 April 2000
- Bench
- K.T. THOMAS, D.P. MOHAPATRA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 403, 409, 465, 471, 419; CrPC Section 4, 482
Headnote
B Criminal Procedure Code 1973, Section 4-Sales Tax Bureau of Inves­ tigation found the respondent guilty of fraud after an investigation and filed an FIR with the police which was challenged by the respondent-Held : No bar in statute to department filing FIR; all offences under any law to be enactment prescribes a different/contrary proce- dure from the Code. Section 482-lnherent powers of the High Court to be used only for furthering ends of justice, to give effect to orders made under the Code and to D prevent misuse. West Bengal Sales Tax Act 1994, Section 7-No bar to getting
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