Supreme Court of India

Sangeetaben Mahendrabhai Patel v. State of Gujarat and Anr.

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Reported as [2012] 3 S.C.R. 1155
Decided 23 April 2012

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What the Court ordered

In view of the above, the law is well settled that in order to attract the provisions of Article 20(2) of the Constitution i.e. doctrine of autrefois acquit or Section 300 Cr.P.C. or Section 71 IPC or Section 26 of General Clauses Act, ingredients of the offences in the earlier case as well as in the latter case G must be the same and not different.

Judgment, page 20

From the headnote

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973: s.300 - Applicability of - Rule of double jeopardy - Respondent no. 2 filed complaint against appellant u/s. 138 NI Act - Appellant tried for the said offence and the case sub judice before High Court - Subsequent case filed by respondent no. 2 against appellant ulss. 4061420 rlw s. 114 /PC - Plea of appellant that subsequent criminal case involving provisions of /PC was barred by s.300 Cr.P. . and s.26 of General Clauses Act, 1897 as appellant was already dealt with/tried uls. 138 NI Act - Held: In the prosecution uls.138 N.I. Act, the mens rea i.e.

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 1 relied on · 3 referred to

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