Supreme Court · 1956 INSC 36 · Decided 8 May 1956
The State of Punjab v. Kharaiti LAL.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1956 INSC 36 · [1956] 1 S.C.R. 569
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 140/1954
- Decided
- 8 May 1956
- Bench
- B. JAGANNADHADAS, BHUVNESHWAR PRASAD SINHA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- CrPC Section 342
Headnote
COURT REPORTS_ 569 THE STATE OF PUNJAB v. KHARAITI LAL. [JAGANNADHADAS and B. P. SINHA JJ.] East Punjab Essential Services (Maintenance) Act, 1947 (East Punjab AcO XIII of 1947 ), ss. 8, 5, 7-Complaint-Whether it should be authorised by the State Government-Police Act, 1861 (V of 1861), ss. 22, Act, 194 7, provides that "no court shall take cognisance of any offence under this Act except upon complaint in writing ma.de by a person authorised in this behalf by the State Government". Held, that the law does not require that the particular com· plaint chould have been
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