Supreme Court of India

Santokh Singh v. Izhar Hussain and Anr.

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Reported as [1974] 1 S.C.R. 78

Bench I.D. Dua J.

Decided 25 April 1973

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From the headnote

Indian Penal Code, s. 211-lts scope. Pursuant to an .l.R. the respondent, 1 and few others were tried before the Addi. District Magistrate for offences under Ss. 147, 323/149 and 325/ 149, l.P. . The . .M. acquitted all the accused. Respondent Izhar, one of the accused was implicated and wrongly identified, although he was not one of the assailants .present at the place of occurrence. Later, respondent Izhar filed a petition before the . .M. under Ss. 476/479 .Cr. P. . praying that the appellant, one K and the sub~Inspector of Police. be prose:uted for the offence under Ss. 211/193 I.P. .

Where later benches applied it

2017 Mukesh & Anr. v. State for Nct of Delhi & Ors. relied on
2013 R. Shaji v. State of Kerala. relied on
2022 Himanshu Kumar and Others v. State of Chhattisgarh and Others referred to
2019 Sh. Narendra Kumar Srivastava v. The State of Bihar & Ors. referred to
2015 Kulwinder Singh &anr. v. State of Punjab referred to
2026 Prabhakar Yeshwant Masram v. Sou Tula Namdeorao Jaipurkar mentioned

Of those, 2 relied on · 3 referred to · 1 mentioned

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