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In Re: Public Prosecutor

Type Court Judgment Court Chennai Decided Dec 01, 1937
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Citation
Court
Chennai
Decided On
Subject
Criminal

Case Summary

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Key legal issue
Criminal

Parties & Advocates

Appellant / Petitioner

In Re: Public Prosecutor

Legal References

Reported In
AIR1938Mad613

Excerpt

- orderlakshmana rao, j.1. section 397, criminal p.c., is not applicable to sentences of detention under section 8, madras borstal schools act and the direction that the sentence of detention in this case should commence after the expiration of the previous sentence of detention is illegal. the direction that the sentence in this case should commence after the previous sentence of detention is therefore set aside.

Full Judgment

ORDER

Lakshmana Rao, J.

1. Section 397, Criminal P.C., is not applicable to sentences of detention Under Section 8, Madras Borstal Schools Act and the direction that the sentence of detention in this case should commence after the expiration of the previous sentence of detention is illegal. The direction that the sentence in this case should commence after the previous sentence of detention is therefore set aside.

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