Supreme Court · 2000 INSC 599 · Decided 13 December 2000
The State of Bihar v. Chandra Bhushan Singh and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2000 INSC 599 · [2000] SUPP. 5 S.C.R. 660
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1111/2000
- Decided
- 13 December 2000
- Bench
- K.T. THOMAS, R.P. SETHI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- CrPC Section 173, 200, 204, 2(d)
Headnote
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973/Railways Property (Unlawful Possession) Act, 1966--Sections 2 (d), 173, 200 and 204/Section 8(1)- c Respondent railway officials caught while unlawfully carrying away cement for sale-Inquiry proving the charges-Sub-Inspector of the Railway Protection Force filed of the Magistrate to take cognizance upon the report submitted by the said Sub-Inspector on the ground of his not being ""Police Officer" within the meaning of Section 173 Cr.PC-Magistrate D rejected the said challenge-High Court allowed the petition for quashing order of the
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