BALASUBRAMANIAM vs STATE BY S.I.POLICE, T.N. . — Crl.A. No. 904/1998

Case under Section II-A. Status: Disposed.

Disposed

CNR: SCIN010118701998

Filing Date

30-Jul-1998

Registration No

Crl.A. No. 904/1998

Diary Number

11870/1998

Order Date

06-Sep-2001

Document Type

ROP - of Main Case

Disposal Type

Dismissed

Last updated 05-Jun-2026

Acts & Sections

Section II-A

Petitioner(s)

  1. 1.BALASUBRAMANIAM

    Adv. V. BALACHANDRAN

Respondent(s)

  1. 1.STATE BY S.I.POLICE, T.N. .

Case History

  1. Case disposedDisposed

  2. 06-Sep-2001

    ROP - of Main CaseView PDF

  3. 30-Jul-1998

    Case filed

    Registration No. Crl.A. No. 904/1998

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casestatus.in Summary

Case Summary: Balasubramaniam v. State by S.I. Police, T.N. (Crl.A. No. 904/1998) Hearing Date: 6 September 2001 Court: Supreme Court of India (Justices U.C. Banerjee and N. Santosh Hegde) Issue: Whether Section 195(1)(b)(ii) of the Code of Criminal Procedure bars private complaints for forgery offences (Sections 467, 471 IPC) when the document was forged before being filed in court. Key Finding: The Court identified conflicting precedents. The Sachida Nand Singh case (1998) had overruled Gopalakrishna Menon (1983), holding that the bar applies only to forgeries committed while documents were in court custody, not before. However, the M.S. Alhawat case (2000) appeared to adopt a contrary view. Order: Due to apparent inconsistency between recent decisions, the Court directed that the matter be placed before a larger bench for authoritative resolution. The case was referred to the Chief Justice for appropriate orders regarding constitution of the larger bench. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.

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