Supreme Court of India

Krishna Govind Patil v. State of Maharashtra

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Reported as [1964] 1 S.C.R. 678
Bench Syed Jaffer Imam J.
Decided 23 January 1962

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What the Court ordered

In the result, we allow the appeal, set aside the conviction of the appellant and direct him to be set at liberty.

Judgment, page 10

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Of those, 2 referred to

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