Supreme Court of India

Videocon Industries Ltd. & Anr. v. State of Maharashtra & Ors.

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Reported as [2016] 2 S.C.R. 741
Bench Dipak Misra and Shiva Kirti Singh JJ.
Decided 19 April 2016

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What the Court ordered

In view of the aforesaid analysis, we allow the appeal, set aside the judgments and order passed by the High Court as well as by the learned Additional Sessions Judge and direct that the order passed by the learned Magistrate discharging the accused persons shall stand restored.

Judgment, page 12

From the headnote

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973: s.245 - Discharge of accused - Adjudicating authority imposed penalty on company and directors under FERA Act. - Tribunal dislodged the finding of the adjudicating authority - Order of tribunal not assailed by the revenue and therefore attained finality - During process of . adjudication, criminal proceedings coniinued - After the controversy was put to rest by the tribunal, application for discharge filed by accused - Magistrate ordered discharge of the accused - Re\>isional court dislodged the view of magistrate - High Court held that the tribunal has not

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 2 referred to

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