Supreme Court · 1962 INSC 255 · Decided 11 September 1962
State of West Bengal v. Tulsidas Mundhra
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1962 INSC 255 · [1963] SUPP. 1 S.C.R. 1
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 88/1962
- Decided
- 11 September 1962
- Bench
- P.B. GAJENDRAGADKAR, K.C. DAS GUPTA, J.R. MUDHOLKAR (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC; CrPC Section 540
Headnote
COURT REPORTS STATE OF WEST BENGAL v. TULSIDAS l'vfUNDHRA (P. B. GAJENDRAGADKAR, K. c. DAS GUPTA AND J. R. MUDHOLKAR, .JJ.) Criminal Procedure-Proceeding on Police report-Accused if entitled to lead evidence-Power of court to examine person as court witness-Magistrate, if bound to exam-ine 207 A of the Code of (~riminal Procedure, that does not affect the wide powers a Criminal Court has under s. 540 o:f the (:ode to summon and examine persons as court witnesses where it considers such exa· mination essential for a just decision of the case. Section 540 of the Code is wide
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