Supreme Court of India

Ram Narayan Singh v. The State of Delhi and Others

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Reported as [1953] 1 S.C.R. 652
Decided 12 March 1953

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Criminal trial-Adjouriiment of case -No order remanding accused to custody - Legality of detention ·-Criminal Procedure Code, 1898, s. 344-Habeas corpus. In habeas corpus proceedings the Court is to have regard to the legality or otherwise of the detention at the time of the return and not with reference to the institution of the proceedings. Section 344 of the Criminal Procedure Code requires a Magis· trate, if he chooses to adjourn a case, " to remand by warrant the accused if in custody" and provides further that every order made under this section by a Court other than a High ,Court shall

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