# Judgments construing Section 179 of The Indian Penal Code, 1860

4 judgments in this corpus construe Section 179 of The Indian Penal Code, 1860 — Refusing to answer public servant authorised to question, the ones the courts themselves rely on most listed first.

Canonical: https://unisonlegal.in/browse/acts/ipc/179

Showing 1–4 of 4, ordered by how often this corpus itself cites each judgment.

## The section itself

- [Section 179 of The Indian Penal Code, 1860](https://unisonlegal.in/statutes/ipc/179) — Refusing to answer public servant authorised to question

## The judgments

- [[1978] 3 S.C.R. 608](https://unisonlegal.in/judgment/supreme-court-of-india/r-krishna-yer-jaswant-singh-and-v-d-tulzapurkar-jj-j-7371) — cited by 11 · names the section 11 times, first at printed page 1
- [ABU MUJAHID v. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA](https://unisonlegal.in/judgment/supreme-court-of-india/abu-mujahid-v-state-of-maharashtra-28512) — [2012] 8 S.C.R. 295 · cited by 10 · names the section once, first at printed page 265
- [DIPAKBHAI JAGDISHCHANDRA PATEL v. STATE OF GUJARAT AND ANOTHER](https://unisonlegal.in/judgment/supreme-court-of-india/dipakbhai-jagdishchandra-patel-v-state-of-gujarat-and-another-33929) — [2019] 6 S.C.R. 701 · cited by 6 · names the section once, first at printed page 24
- [r POOLPANDI ETC. ETC v. SUPERINTENDENT, CENTRAL EXCISE AND OTHERS ETC. ETC](https://unisonlegal.in/judgment/supreme-court-of-india/r-poolpandi-etc-etc-v-superintendent-central-excise-and-others-etc-etc-11548) — [1992] 3 S.C.R. 247 · cited by 4 · names the section once, first at printed page 7

## Elsewhere

- [Every section of The Indian Penal Code, 1860](https://unisonlegal.in/browse/acts/ipc)