1950 (11) TMI 24

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.... overruling an objection of the accused that the prosecution against; him is premature. The charge is that the accused harboured an 'offender' and thereby committee an offence punishable under Section 207, Travancore Penal Code, The preliminary objection raised before the Magistrate was that as the 'offender' concerned has not been apprehended or tried or convicted, the present pro....

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....K. S. Menon J. hell that the contention that the trial of the petitioner therein under Section 212, Penal Code, (Travancore Section 207) should be stayed until after the trial of the persons whom he is said to have harboured, had considerable force and accordingly directed the stay of the trial. 3. In Pariahan Singh v. Emperor 1944 P. W. N. 521 Meredith J. of the Patna High Court took the view ....

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....ng about the harbouring of an absconder or an accused person. It renders punishable only the harbouring of a person when it is known or there is reason to believe that he is the offender. The first thing to be proved in a case under this section is that an offender has been committed by the person harboured. Jung Bahadur's trial, however, has not yet been concluded. Until actually convicted, h....