Kerala Court June 1953 Judgments
State Vs. Kochukochu Bhaskaran
Court: Kerala
Decided on: Jun-30-1953
Reported in: 1954CriLJ289
ORDER :The Sub-Divisional Magistrate's view that he has no jurisdiction to issue a search warrant to search for a person wrongfully confined beyond the local limits of his jurisdiction is wrong. We are in full agreement with the view to that effect set out by the learned Sessions Judge in paragraph 4 of the reference order. Section 100, Criminal P. C. under which the application was made has to be read with Sections 101, 82, 83 and 84 of the Code and when a warrant is issued by a competent Court for execution beyond its local limits all that has to be done to make it effective is to follow the procedure prescribed in Section 83 or Section 84. The reference will stand answered as above. ...
Tag this Judgment!M.P. Menon Vs. State
Court: Kerala
Decided on: Jun-17-1953
Reported in: 1953CriLJ1786
ORDERGovinda Pillai, J.1. The Ernakulam South Police Station had filed a charge against Shri M.P. Menon for the offence said to have been committed by contravening the provision of Section 31(1)(b) of the Public Safety Measures Act 5 of 1950 (Travancore-Coohin) which prohibited the spreading of a prejudicial report. He is said to have delivered a speech on 14.10.1950 so as to undermine the security of the State and spread false reports about the Government and the Police Force. Such contravention was punishable as an offence under Section 31(5) of the same Act, That case had been registered as C.C. 193 of 1950 on the file of the Special First Class Magistrate's Court, Ernakulam.While that case was pending, the accused filed an original petition No. 69 of 1950 before the High Court with two prayers. One was to invoke the extraordinary jurisdiction of this Court under Article 226 of the Constitution to direct the State to withdraw the case against him on the ground that the provision of ...
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