Supreme Court of India

Jaswantrai Manilal Akhaney v. The State of Bombay.

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Reported as [1956] 1 S.C.R. 483
Bench Vivian Bose, Jagannadhadas and B. P. Sinha JJ.
Decided 4 May 1956

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Criminal breach a/trust-Conviction of a banker, Validity a/­ Government Promissory Notes pledged with a bank to cover overdraft -No overdraft by the pledgor-Managin(J Director actin(J on behalf of all the Directors pledging the Notes to borrow money for the use of the bank-Legality-Sale of the Notes by the creditors to realise their dues and conseqitent inability of the bank to return them-Mens rea -Sanction to prosecute by the Company Judge, if i·equired-Framing of charge, if defective-Indian Penal Code (Act XL V of 1860 ), ss. 409, 79-Indian Contract Act (IX of 1872), s. 179-Indian Com­

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