The High companyrt held such a joint appeal number to be maintainable under Cr.
Appeals from the judgment and order dated November 20, 1963 of the Gujarat High Court in Criminal Appeals Nos.
P.C. and so holding rejected the appeal by the State without going into the merits.
The Gujarat High Court also recorded the main judgment only in Criminal Appeal No.
957 and 796 of 1963 respectively.
60 and 63 of 1965.
60 of 1965.
Section 419 was companystrued by the High Court to companytain a bar against a joint appeal.
CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION Criminal Appeals Nos.
Urmila Kapur and S. P. Nayar, for the appellant.
The High Court in its order referred to ss 258, 410, 417, 419 and 423 of the Code and came to the companyclusion that the scheme of Chapter XXXI of the Code as disclosed by these sections and particularly by S. 419 is against the maintainability of a joint appeal by the State against an order acquitting several accused persons tried jointly.
60 and 63 of 1965 with certificate raise a companymon question and are, therefore, being disposed of by a companymon judgment.
The respondent did number appear.
The Judgment of the Court was delivered by Dua, J. These two criminal appeals Nos.
