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The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973
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Santokh Singh vs Izhar Hussain And Anr on 25 April, 1973
15. The Hon'ble Supreme Court in Santokh Singh v. Izhar
Hussain2 observed that every incorrect or false statement does
not make it incumbent on the Court to order prosecution. The
Court has to exercise judicial discretion in the light of all the
relevant circumstances when it determines the question of
expediency. The Court orders prosecution in the larger interest of
1 1988 (2) Crimes 124, 131 (Mad)
2 Dated 24.04.1973
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the administration of justice and not to gratify feelings of
personal revenge or vindictiveness or to serve the ends of a
private party. Too frequent prosecutions for such offences tend
to defeat its very object. It is only in glaring cases of deliberate
falsehood where conviction is highly likely that, the court should
direct prosecution.