{"id":72547,"date":"1881-01-10T00:00:00","date_gmt":"1881-01-09T18:06:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/mona-sheikh-vs-ishan-bardhan-on-10-january-1881"},"modified":"2016-02-17T10:25:38","modified_gmt":"2016-02-17T04:55:38","slug":"mona-sheikh-vs-ishan-bardhan-on-10-january-1881","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/mona-sheikh-vs-ishan-bardhan-on-10-january-1881","title":{"rendered":"Mona Sheikh vs Ishan Bardhan on 10 January, 1881"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Calcutta High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Mona Sheikh vs Ishan Bardhan on 10 January, 1881<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_citations\">Equivalent citations: (1881) ILR 6 Cal 581<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_author\">Author: Mitter<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_bench\">Bench: Mitter, Maclean<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<pre><\/pre>\n<p>JUDGMENT<\/p>\n<p>Mitter, J.<\/p>\n<p>1. We do not think that the trial and acquittal were illegal. As for the order for compensation, Section 209 seems to contemplate a dismissal of the complaint rather than an acquittal of the accused; but referring to Section 212 and to the order in which the sections come, we are not prepared to say that an order to pay compensation may not be added to an acquittal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Calcutta High Court Mona Sheikh vs Ishan Bardhan on 10 January, 1881 Equivalent citations: (1881) ILR 6 Cal 581 Author: Mitter Bench: Mitter, Maclean JUDGMENT Mitter, J. 1. We do not think that the trial and acquittal were illegal. 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