https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=198311 Non-compliance with procedural duties to furnish police papers and supply documents at the start of inquiry did not automatically vitiate committal proceedings or the trial. The Court treated the breach as a curable irregularity because the Code provisions were aimed at enabling an effective defence, and the consequence of omission depended on whether the accused suffered prejudice. Where the trial remained substantially in accordance with the Code and no prejudice was shown, section 537 cured the defect. On the facts, no prejudice was established, so the proceedings and conviction were upheld. en-us Mon, 15 Jul 1957 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 29 Jan 2018 12:09:16 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=198311 Non-compliance with procedural duties to furnish police papers and supply documents at the start of inquiry did not automatically vitiate committal proceedings or the trial. The Court treated the breach as a curable irregularity because the Code provisions were aimed at enabling an effective defence, and the consequence of omission depended on whether the accused suffered prejudice. Where the trial remained substantially in accordance with the Code and no prejudice was shown, section 537 cured the defect. On the facts, no prejudice was established, so the proceedings and conviction were upheld. Case-Laws Indian Laws Mon, 15 Jul 1957 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=198311