https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=296034 A warrant of arrest that lacked the court seal was treated as invalid because the statutory requirements for authenticity and validity were not met, so custody under it was unlawful and resistance to its execution could not sustain convictions for obstruction-related offences. Those convictions were therefore set aside. The separate rioting conviction was maintained because the evidence showed participation by more than five persons using criminal force, satisfying the ingredients of unlawful assembly and rioting independently of the defective warrant. The sentence for rioting was treated as sufficient by the period already undergone, and the fine was removed. en-us Fri, 05 Aug 1960 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 01 Jul 2021 14:33:47 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=296034 A warrant of arrest that lacked the court seal was treated as invalid because the statutory requirements for authenticity and validity were not met, so custody under it was unlawful and resistance to its execution could not sustain convictions for obstruction-related offences. Those convictions were therefore set aside. The separate rioting conviction was maintained because the evidence showed participation by more than five persons using criminal force, satisfying the ingredients of unlawful assembly and rioting independently of the defective warrant. The sentence for rioting was treated as sufficient by the period already undergone, and the fine was removed. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 05 Aug 1960 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=296034