Supreme Court of India

Avtar Singh v. State of Punjab

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Bench A.K. Sarkar, K.N. Wanchoo and Raghubar Dayal JJ.
Decided 24 August 1964

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1 Supreme Court bench has cited this judgment.

What the Court ordered

The result is that the appeal is allowed and the conviction of the appellant is set aside.

Judgment, Concluding paragraph, p. 108

From the headnote

Indian Electricity Act (9 of 1910), ss. 39 and 50-Offence under s. 39-If against the Act-Who can institute prosecution. The appellant was prosecuted and convicted for theft of electrical energy under s. 39 of the Indian Electricity Act (9 of 1910). He contended that, as his prosecution was for an offence against the Act it was incompetent, because, it had not been instituted at the instance of any of the persons mentioned in s. 50 of the Act.…

Authorities it was built on

  • Emperor v. Vishwanath
  • Dhoolchand v. State
  • In re P. N. Venkatarama Naicker
  • State v. Maganlal Chunilal Bogawat
  • Public Prosecutor v. Abdul Wahab

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 1 referred to

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