VINEET KOTHARI, SHIV KUMAR SHARMA
Bhala Ram – Appellant
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State of Rajasthan – Respondent
1. On reading the Judgment dated 09.01.2006 rendered in Bhala Ram vs. State of Rajasthan, D.B. Criminal Appeal No. 1079/2001 published in 2006 (2) Rajasthan Law Reporter 362 = [2006 (1) RDD 474 (Raj) (DB)], it has come to our notice that in Para 2 of the Judgment some typing mistakes have occurred that escaped our notice at the time of signing the Judgment . In Para 2 of the Judgment it was indicated as under:-
“On the said first information report, the police undertook the investigation and framed charges under Sections 302, 376, 447 and 379, IPC against the appellant Bhala Ram. During the course of investigation, as many as 27 prosecution witnesses were examined....”
2. It appears that in place of “filed charge-sheet” the words “framed charges and in place of “during the course of trial” “during the course of investigation” were wrongly typed. This typing mistake needs correction.
.3. The question, therefore, arises at this juncture is-Can the bona fide typing error be corrected after signing the Judgment ?
4. Section 362 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 provides as under:-“Court not to alter Judgment .- Save as otherwise provided by this Code or by other law for t
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