Supreme Court · 2001 INSC 488 · Decided 5 October 2001
Umashankar v. State of Chhattisgarh
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2001 INSC 488 · [2001] SUPP. 3 S.C.R. 646
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1024/2001
- Decided
- 5 October 2001
- Bench
- S.S.M. QUADRI, S.N. PHUKAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 4898, 489C; CrPC Section 313, 4; Evidence Act Section 4
Headnote
c Penal Code, 1860: Ss.4898 and 489C-Accusedfound u; have circulated fake currency note in market and similar currency notes recoveredfrom his possession-Prosecuted u!ss. 489A, 4898 and 489C-Convicted and sentenced u!ss. 4898 and 489C by trial court-Conviction affirmed by High Court but sentence to believe the currency notes or bank notes to be forged or·counteJ;feit"­ Without such mens rea selling, buying or receiving from another person or D otherwise trafficking i~i or using as genuine forged or counterfeit currency notes or bank notes is not enough to constitute
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