Andhra Pradesh Court June 1954 Judgments
Satyanarayan Singh Vs. State of Hyderabad
Court: Andhra Pradesh
Decided on: Jun-17-1954
Reported in: 1955CriLJ951
ORDER1. The interesting questions raised in this revision petition are whether the refusal by the prosecution to ask questions in examination-in-chief without allegations of error disentitles the accused from cross-examining the witness, and whether the Magistrate is justified in postponing such cross-examination till after the charge has been framed.2. The facts of the case are that Satyanarayan Singh has been charge-sheeted of kidnapping Under Section 363, Penal Code a minor girl called Shanta Devi aged thirteen years. The challan is being tried by the Additional Magistrate, Hyderabad. In the List-A of the witnesses attached to the challan the name of Shanta Devi has been included. She has been recovered and put in a rescue house. On 11-5-1954, the girl was in Court, and the Superintendent of the house was asked to bring her the next day 'as she would be examined'. On this date the prosecution petitioned for the summoning of three witnesses. But the Court in the order-sheet of the af...
Tag this Judgment!Umabai Vs. Limbaji
Court: Andhra Pradesh
Decided on: Jun-14-1954
Reported in: 1955CriLJ957
ORDER1. This revision petition by the mother of a minor girl is against two orders of the District Magistrate, Hyderabad District, dated May 19 and 24, 1954, whereby the daughter has been directed by a search warrant to be brought into the court and then handed over to the respondent.2. The proceedings in the court below had started on an application by one Limbaji, who is the opposite party to this revision petition, alleging that Uma Bai, the mother, was the applicant's paternal aunt; Nagoba, her husband, had died leaving by her a daughter Chotoo Bai who is now eleven years old.In paragraph 2 of the application, it is alleged that Nagoba was a member of the joint family when he died, and Uma Bai as well as Chotoo Bai both continued to live in the family; that Chotoo Bai, the daughter, is still a member of the joint family, but Uma Bai had remarried.The petition then contains the allegations that Uma Bai a month back had taken away the minor girl to Bidar, she and her husband were ask...
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