Madhya Pradesh Court January 1952 Judgments
Mansoor Shah Vs. Maya Shankar and anr.
Court: Madhya Pradesh
Decided on: Jan-24-1952
Reported in: 1952CriLJ1029
ORDERDixit, J.1. This is a petition to revise an order of the City Magistrate Lashkar discharging the non-applicant accused persons. The applicant is prosecuting the accused for an offence under Section 500, I. P. C., alleging that the non-applicants Maya Shankar and Jhanman Lal, the Editor and the Printer respectively of 'Dainik Madhya Bharat Samachar' printed and published in an issue of the paper dated 10.3.50, a news item to the effect that it was learnt that a prominent Jhagirdar of Madhya Bharat who owned a Jagir in Hyderabad and who was a member of the Muslim League wag involved in the conspiracy for the abscondance of Liak Ali and that this Jagirdar was seen in Hyderabad a few days back and had also met the wife of Liak Ali. The complainant alleged that the imputation in the news item obviously referred to him and that by that imputation, his reputation had been harmed.On 15.11.50, Virendra Singh, the last witness whom the complainant wished to examine on his behalf and who had...
Tag this Judgment!Setanbai Vs. State
Court: Madhya Pradesh
Decided on: Jan-19-1952
Reported in: 1953CriLJ1383
Chaturvedi, J.1. The appellant Setanbai was challaned and committed to Sessions for offences under Sections 302 and 318, Penal Code. She is a young Hindu widow and according to the prosecution she was pregnant and delivered a child who was found dead and buried in a Charwada, in village Laxamkhedi, on 12.3.1950. The Sessions Judge, Ujjain acquitted her of the charge under Section 302, Penal Code but convicted her under Section 318 and sentenced her to rigorous imprisonment for one year. She has now preferred this appeal against the judgment of the learned Sessions Judge.2. The learned Sessions Judge has commented very severely on the latches and lapses of the Police in this case and has rightly acquitted the appellant of the charge of murder but I feel that the same evidence which has not been believed for an offence of murder should not have been believed for an offence under Section 318, Penal Code, as there is no eye witness who can depose that Setanbai herself came to the Charwada ...
Tag this Judgment!Babulal Tendwa and ors. Vs. State
Court: Madhya Pradesh
Decided on: Jan-10-1952
Reported in: 1952CriLJ1261
Kaul, C.J.1. This is an application under Article 134 of the Constitution praying for a certificate 'that the case is a fit one for appeal to the Supreme Court.'2. The material facts are as follows: On the 20th August 1950, there was riot in one of the local cloth Mills in Indore. As a result of certain incidents which followed this riot one Deputy Superintendent of Police, Joshi and a Police Constable Kesrisaran lost their lives and several other Police men sustained injuries. Three cases were started by the Police in connection with this riot and the incidents which followed:(1) A riot case relating to the riot which took place on the Mill premises.(2) A case relating to the incident which resulted in the loss of life of Deputy Superintendent of Police Joshi on the public road at a short distance from the Mill gate; and(3) A case relating to the murder of Constable Kesrisaran which took place at a spot some distance remote from where Deputy Superintendent Joshi was assaulted.3. 14 pe...
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