https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=168890 A prosecution for an offence under section 29 of the Police Act, 1861 had to be commenced within three months of the act complained of under section 42. On the facts described, the charge was confined to absence from duty on 25 November 1963, while the first prosecuting step occurred on 10 January 1966, well outside the statutory period. The argument that the matter involved continuing absence was rejected because the conviction was based only on the specific alleged absence on that date. The stated effect was that the prosecution was time-barred and the conviction and fine could not stand. en-us Mon, 15 Mar 1971 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 04 May 2015 10:25:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=168890 A prosecution for an offence under section 29 of the Police Act, 1861 had to be commenced within three months of the act complained of under section 42. On the facts described, the charge was confined to absence from duty on 25 November 1963, while the first prosecuting step occurred on 10 January 1966, well outside the statutory period. The argument that the matter involved continuing absence was rejected because the conviction was based only on the specific alleged absence on that date. The stated effect was that the prosecution was time-barred and the conviction and fine could not stand. Case-Laws Indian Laws Mon, 15 Mar 1971 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=168890