Supreme Court of India
Prasad Shrikant Purohit v. State of Maharashtra & Anr
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What the Court ordered
Held as under: 10 ... ... Cognizance is taken of the offence and not of the offender and, therefore, once the court on perusal of the c complaint is satisfied that the complaint discloses the commission of an offence and there is no reason to reject the complaint at that stage, and proceeds further in the matter, it must be held to have taken cognizance of the offence.
Judgment, page 67
From the headnote
Maharashtra Control of Organized Crime Act, 1999: c Object and reason of enactment - Discussed. s.2(1)(d) - Continuing unlawful activity - Essential ingredients to come within the definition of 'continuing unlawful activity' - Discussed. s.2(1)(e) - Organized crime - Essential ingredients to come within the definition of 'organized crime' - Discussed. s.2(1)(e), (f)- Organized crime- Facts disclosed nexus of -7 with the members of 'organized crime syndicate' and nexus with offence in the nature of an 'organized crime' of the two earlier cases namely Parbhani and Jalna and also direct
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Where later benches applied it
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