Supreme Court · 1957 INSC 33 · Decided 5 April 1957
The State of Madhya Pradesh v. Veereshwar Rao Agnihotry
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1957 INSC 33 · [1957] 1 S.C.R. 868
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 130/1954
- Decided
- 5 April 1957
- Bench
- SUDHI RANJAN DAS, SYED JAFFER IMAM, S.K. DAS, P. GOVINDA MENON, A.K. SARKAR (5-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Directions issued
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 5(2), 409; CrPC Section 403; Constitution Article 20; Prevention of Corruption Act Section 5(2), 5
Headnote
Modi v. Tht State of U.P. Das C. J. 1957 April 5· 868 SUPREME COURT REPORTS (1957] arise and the decisions relied upon by learned counsel for the petitioner have no application to this case. For the reasons stated above, the impugned section falls well within the protection of cl. (2) of K. DAs, GoVINDA MENON and A. I).. SARKAR JJ.) Autrefois acquit-Trial for offences under s. 409 of the Indian Penal Code and s. 5(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act­ Acquittal of charge under s. 5(2)-Whether conviction under s. 409 barred-Code of Criminal Procedure s. 403-Constitution of
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