Supreme Court · 2013 INSC 792 · Decided 28 November 2013
State of West Bengal & ORS. v. Sankar Ghosh
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2013 INSC 792 · [2013] 12 S.C.R. 516
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 10729/2013
- Decided
- 28 November 2013
- Bench
- K.S. RADHAKRISHNAN, A.K. SIKRI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 25, 27; Arms Act Section 25, 27
Headnote
Service Law: c Effect of acquittal in criminal case on dismissal order after departmental inquiry - Held: There is no rule of automatic reinstatement on acquittal by a criminal court even though the charges levelled against the delinquent before the Enquiry Officer as well as the criminal court 4 of 1968 Regulations indicates that even if there is identity of charges /eve/led against the accused before the criminal court as well as before the Enquiry Officer, an order of discharge or acquittal of a police officer by a Criminal Court shall not be a bar to award of punishment in
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