Supreme Court of India

Sheila Sebastian v. R. Jawaharaj & Anr. Etc.

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Reported as [2018] 4 S.C.R. 439
Bench N. V. Ramana and S. Abdul Nazeer JJ.
Decided 11 May 2018

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Penal Code, 1860 – ss.420, 464, 465 – Allegation of forger y – Prosecution case was that accused no.1, with the aid of i mposter impersonating as the owner of the property belongin g to the complainant, created a Power of Attorney (PoA) in his name as if he was her agent and using the said PoA accused-respondent no.1 attempted to transfer the property by executing a mortgag e deed in favour of accused-respondent no.2 – Conviction by t rial court, upheld by Sessions court – High Court set aside concurrent finding of courts below and ordered acquittal – On appeal, held: charge of forgery cannot

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