Supreme Court · 1998 INSC 137 · Decided 6 March 1998
State of West Bengal v. Pranab Ranjan Roy
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1998 INSC 137 · [1998] 2 S.C.R. 245
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 270/1998
- Decided
- 6 March 1998
- Bench
- M.K. MUKHERJEE, K.T. THOMAS (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- CrPC Section 167(5), 436, 437; Prevention of Corruption Act Section 13(l)(e), 13(2)
Headnote
B • Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973-Section 167(5) (as amended by West Bengal Amendment Act No. 2411988)-Appearance of accused- Vakalatnama filed through Advocate-Application for return of documents c filed-Accused neither arrested nor surrendered before the Court-Application for discharge Held, no physical appearance before the Court-Act of accused does not amount to his making appearance- Order of discharge set aside-Ss. 436, 437 Cr. P.C. Words & Phrases : D "'Making his appearance"-Meaning of in the context of section 167(5) Cr. P. C. (as amended by West Bengal
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