Supreme Court of India

Ashok Gulabrao Bondre v. Vilas Madhukarrao Deshmukh and Others

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Reported as [2023] 3 S.C.R. 820
Bench B. R. Gavai and Sanjay Karol JJ.
Decided 12 April 2023

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What the Court ordered

We are of the opinion that Sachida Nand Singh has been correctly decided and the view taken therein is the correct view.

Judgment, page 5

From the headnote

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 – s.195 – Document s allegedly fabricated and forged prior to filing in evidenc e, embargo u/s.195 if applicable – On appeal, held: s.195(1)(b) (ii) would be attracted only when the offence enumerated in the s aid provision was committed in respect of a document after it has been produced or filed in evidence during proceedings before any Court, i. e. during the time when the document is custodia legis – In such a case, the Court will be entitled to take cognizance of the offence onl y on the basis of the complaint made by the complainant – Im pugned judgment

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