{"id":23075,"date":"1938-09-09T00:00:00","date_gmt":"1938-09-08T18:06:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/in-re-maddukuri-subba-rao-and-ors-vs-unknown-on-9-september-1938"},"modified":"2018-07-25T03:33:53","modified_gmt":"2018-07-24T22:03:53","slug":"in-re-maddukuri-subba-rao-and-ors-vs-unknown-on-9-september-1938","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/in-re-maddukuri-subba-rao-and-ors-vs-unknown-on-9-september-1938","title":{"rendered":"In Re: Maddukuri Subba Rao And Ors. vs Unknown on 9 September, 1938"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Madras High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">In Re: Maddukuri Subba Rao And Ors. vs Unknown on 9 September, 1938<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_citations\">Equivalent citations: AIR 1940 Mad 55<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_author\">Author: L Rao<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<pre><\/pre>\n<p>ORDER<\/p>\n<p>Lakshmana Rao, J.<\/p>\n<p>1. The evidence justifies the conviction of the petitioners under Section 426, Penal Code, and the fines are not excessive. But the offence under Section 426, Penal Code, does not involve a breach of the peace and the order under Section 106, Criminal P.C., cannot be sustained. The order under Section 106, Criminal P.C., is therefore set aside and otherwise this petition is dismissed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Madras High Court In Re: Maddukuri Subba Rao And Ors. vs Unknown on 9 September, 1938 Equivalent citations: AIR 1940 Mad 55 Author: L Rao ORDER Lakshmana Rao, J. 1. The evidence justifies the conviction of the petitioners under Section 426, Penal Code, and the fines are not excessive. 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