Supreme Court of India
The State of Bihar v. Chandra Bhushan Singh and Ors.
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What the Court ordered
We are of the opinion that such pleas cannot be raised before us at this stage and the case cannot be remanded back to the High Court in view of the fact that the proceedings against the respondents appear to have been sufficiently · F prolonged on one pretext or the other for over a period of 13 years.
Judgment, page 6
From the headnote
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973/Railways Property (Unlawful Possession) Act, 1966--Sections 2 (d), 173, 200 and 204/Section 8(1)- c Respondent railway officials caught while unlawfully carrying away cement for sale-Inquiry proving the charges-Sub-Inspector of the Railway Protection Force filed the Inquiry Report in the Court of Judicial Magistrate- Respondents challenged the jurisdiction of the Magistrate to take cognizance upon the report submitted by the said Sub-Inspector on the ground of his not being ""Police Officer" within the meaning of Section 173 Cr.PC-Magistrate rejected the said
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