Supreme Court of India

Santosh De and Another v. Archna Guha and Ors.

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Reported as [1994] 1 S.C.R. 549
Bench B.P. Jeevan Reddy and B.L. Hansaria JJ.
Decided 3 February 1994

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What the Court ordered

For the above reasons, both these appeals are also dismissed.

Judgment, page 9

From the headnote

Criminal Procedure Code, 1973: Sections 245(3) (as inserted by West Bengal Amendment Act, 1988)-Discharge of accused in wa"ant case-Not automatic on the failure of prosecution to adduce all evidence within the prescribed period of four years-Magistrate on being satisfied on the basis of evidence that discharge would not be in the interest of justice, can reject the discharge application-Deposition of complainant already recorded even in the absence of cross-examination can be treated as evidence-Nature of of­ fence relevant factor to be taken into account by Magistrate. Constitution of India,

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 4 mentioned

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