Supreme Court · 1977 INSC 74 · Decided 2 March 1977
Vasudeo Kulkarni v. Suryakant Bhatt & ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1977 INSC 74 · [1977] 3 S.C.R. 109
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 24/1972
- Decided
- 2 March 1977
- Bench
- P.K. GOSWAMI, P.N. SHINGAL (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 409, 468, 474; CrPC Section 342
Headnote
Practice and Procedure-Trial Court acquitted the accused-High Court­ When could reverse trial court's findings. The appellant was a lawyer, under whom the Complainant (first respondent) was a junior. The ap-pellant was engaged as counsel in certain cases by the complainant's father. The him. in the suits. After a lapse of three years the complainant filed a complaint against the appeJlant mak­ ing allegations under ss. 409, 468 and 474 I.P.C. The trial Court acquitted him holding that the prosecution had been launched after inordinate delay and that there was no clear and
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