Supreme Court · 1974 INSC 28 · Decided 12 February 1974
Superintendent & Rememberancer of Legal Affairs,west Bengal v. S. K. Roy
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1974 INSC 28 · [1974] 3 S.C.R. 348
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 189/1970
- Decided
- 12 February 1974
- Bench
- M. HAMEEDULLAH BEG, Y.V. CHANDRACHUD, R.S. SARKARIA (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 409; CrPC; Constitution
Headnote
B ~Vest Bengal Crin1i11al. Law A1nend1ne11t (Special Court) ~let, 1949-Jtein 2 of the Schedule read wtth s. 409 J.P.C.-What constitutes criminal breach of lrlHf. The respondent, a public servant, was tried by a Special Court constituted under the West Bengal Criminal Law Amendment (Special Courts) and issuing receipts on behalf of LI.C. in respect of the policies of some Pakistani Policy Holders. He was charged for criminal breach C of trust in respect of such premium5 by making false adjustments of receipts of such premiums through the Bank in Pakistan in relevant books of accounts. Item
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