Madhya Pradesh Court March 1954 Judgments
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Devisingh Bapusingh Vs. State
Court: Madhya Pradesh
Decided on: Mar-09-1954
Reported in: 1955CriLJ471
Samvatsar, J.1. This is an appeal by the accused Devisingh Kalota who has been convicted Under Section 304, IPC for causing death of one Kanha Kalota and sentenced to suffer rigorous imprisonment for a period of 10 years by the Sessions Judge Dewas.2. The prosecution case briefly stated is that the accused Devisingh and the deceased Kanha who were members of the same family were co-sharers in some mango trees which stood in a field belonging to the accused in the village Sumrakhedi. Both the accused and the deceased used to divide the fruit half and half. In May 1953 the accused began to assert his exclusive claim to the trees because they stood in the holdings recorded in his own name and sold the entire mango crop of that year to one Ram-chandra. On May 22, 1953 this said Ramchandra accompanied by about 8 or 10 labourers went to the trees to collect the fruit. The accused was also. present there at that time. The deceased Kanha on hearing of this also went to the trees along with his...
Hubbalal and ors. Vs. State of Madhya Bharat
Court: Madhya Pradesh
Decided on: Mar-05-1954
Reported in: 1955CriLJ476
Dixit, J.1. These are five applications under Article 226 of the Constitution praying for the issue of writs in the nature of 'habeas corpus' directing the release of the petitioners, who are said to be unlawfully detained in the Central Jail at Indore. The petitioners have been detained in pursuance of orders made by the District Magistrate of Morena for action prejudicial to the maintenance of public order Under Section 3(1) (a) (ii), Preventive Detention Act, 1950. With the exception of the petitioner Udaybhan Singh, all other applicants were arrested on 27-11-53, and the grounds of detention were served on each of them on 28-11-53. Udaybhan Singh was arrested on 1-12-53 and the grounds of detention were served on him on 2-12-53.2. The separate grounds of detention served on each of the petitioners are to the effect that the detenu concerned was associating himself actively with notorious, proclaimed and named leaders of gangs of dacoits and that on the dates mentioned in the ground...
The State and ors. Vs. Narayan Nandram Sarpanch and ors.
Court: Madhya Pradesh
Decided on: Mar-05-1954
Reported in: 1954CriLJ1739
A.H. Khan, J.1. The Sessions Judge of Indore has made a reference to the High Court in this case and also in 15 other cases; the points involved in all these cases are questions of law as to the interpretation of the Constitution of India. The questions being Identical, all the references are being disposed of by this single order.2. The facts, leading to the reference, briefly stated are that the Criminal Law Amendment Act (Act No, XLVI of 1952) received the assent of the President on 28-7-1952. tinder Section 7 of the Act, the learned Sessions Judge of Indore was appointed a Special Judge on 8-10-1952 by the Madhya Bharat Government. All cases triable by the Special Judge, that were pending before other Courts, were transferred to the Special Judge under Section 10 of the Act for disposal.During the hearing of these transferred cases, the counsel of the accused raised some objections relating to the validity of the Criminal Law Amendment Act of 1952, and, hence this reference.The obj...
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