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Res integra, a point not covered by the authority of a decided case, so that a judge may decide it upon principle alone.An entire thing, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1311....
In or in relation to
In or in relation to, the words 'in or in relation to' which occur in clause (b) are not repeated in clause (c). But these words occur in S. 476 both with reference to clause (b) and clause (c) of s. 195 (1). The interpretation of these words is not res integra. There was a conflict of judicial opinion in regard to the meaning and ambit of these words. Now, thus, the settled position is that the bar in s. 195(1)(b) of the Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 does not apply if there is no proceeding in any court at all when the offence mentioned in the aforesaid clause (1) has been committed. In other words, the s. contemplates only the proceedings pending or concluded and not in contemplation. The rationale behind these decisions is that if the two proceed-ings, one in which the offence is committed and the other, the final proceedings, in the same or a transferee court are, in substance, different stages of the same integrated judicial process, the offence can be said to have been committed ...
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