Supreme Court Upholds Conviction in Import Licence Forgery Case; Calcutta Court Had Jurisdiction to Try Overt Acts of Conspiracy Committed Outside Its Territory Under Sections 471 and 466 IPC. The Court ruled that a court trying a criminal conspiracy under Section 120B IPC may try all overt acts committed in pursuance of it, even outside its territorial limits, if they form part of the same transaction, as Section 177 CrPC does not control Section 239....
The appeal arose from the conviction of Purushottam Das Dalmia by the Calcutta High Court for offences under Section 120B read with Section 471 and Section 471 read with Section 466 of the Indian Pena...
