Supreme Court of India

S. K. Miglani v. State Nct of Delhi

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Reported as [2019] 6 S.C.R. 1158
Bench Ashok Bhushan and K. M. Joseph JJ.
Decided 30 April 2019

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What the Court ordered

We are of the opinion that expert evidence as to handwriting is only opinion evidence and it can never be conclusive.

Judgment, page 11

From the headnote

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973: ss. 197 and 482 – Employee of Nationalized Bank charged u/ss. 201, 409, 419, 420, 467, 468, 471, 120- of IPC – Appli cation by accused seeking his discharge on the ground of non-complian ce of s. 197 i.e. failure to seek sanction for his pro secution – Application dismissed by Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CM M) – Upheld by High Court in petition u/s. 482 – On app eal, held: Employee, being not a public servant removable fro m his office saved by or with the sanction of the Government, s. 197 was not applicable – However, it was not correct for the MM to

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 1 relied on

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