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Olayat Khan v. Emperor

Olayat Khan v. Emperor

(High Court Of Judicature At Patna)

Cr. Rev. No. 85 of 1922 | 04-04-1922

1. This application appears to be incompetent. The appeal in the Court below was disposed of under Section 423 of the Code of Criminal Procedure after "perusing the record" and considering the grounds of appeal. The appellant's Counsel could not be heard inasmuch as he was prevented from being present in Court in time on account of the railway strike. The appeal was, therefore, disposed of on the merits, and in revision we can deal with it only under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, under which the petition before us has to be disposed of under Section 423 of the Code.

2. There is, therefore, no power in this Court to set aside the judgment of the Court below, merely upon the ground that the Pleader or the Counsel on behalf of the petitioner was not heard in the Court below.

3. The application is, therefore rejected.

Advocate List
  • For Appellant/Petitioner/Plaintiff: Hasan Imam

  • For Respondents/Defendant: H.L. Nandkeolyar, for the Crown

Bench
  • Hon'ble Justice&nbsp
  • Jwala Prasad
  • Hon'ble Justice&nbsp
  • W.S. Coutts
Eq Citations
  • 71 IND. CAS. 246
  • AIR 1922 PAT 587
  • LQ/PatHC/1922/99
Head Note

Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Ss. 401, 403, r/w S. 439 — Revision — Scope of — Appeal disposed of under S. 423 CrPC after "perusing the record" and considering grounds of appeal — Counsel for appellant could not be heard inasmuch as he was prevented from being present in Court in time on account of railway strike — Appeal, therefore, disposed of on merits — Held, in revision Court can deal with it only under S. 439 CrPC, under which the petition before us has to be disposed of under S. 423 CrPC — There is, therefore, no power in Supreme Court to set aside the judgment of the Court below, merely upon the ground that the Pleader or the Counsel on behalf of the petitioner was not heard in the Court below — Application rejected