Supreme Court of India

State of Punjab v. Sarwan Singh

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Reported as [1981] 3 S.C.R. 349
Bench S. Murtaza Fazal Ali and A. Varadarajan JJ.
Decided 2 April 1981

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What the Court ordered

We hold that the point of Jaw regarding the applicability of Section 468 of the Code of Criminal Procedure has been correctly decided by the Punjab and Haryana High Court.

Judgment, page 3

From the headnote

Bar of /imitation Under the statute-Whether the entire proceedings instituted after period of limitation including the conviction and sentence becomes non-est­ Criminal Procedure Code· 1973 (Act II of 1974) Scope of-Section 468, explained. Based on the audit report dated January 5, 1973 revealing an embezzlement having been committed by the Respondent on 22.8.1972, a challan was presented against him on the 13th October, 1976 under Sec. 406 Penal Code for misappro­ priating the amounts deposited with him as a Cashier of the Tanda Badha Co-ope,· rati ve Society, district Patiala. The Trial

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