THAKUR NARWAR SINGH vs THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH

The Supreme Court held that the Indian Penal Code was applicable to offences committed in the erstwhile State of Jhabua in 1948, as the Raja of Jhabua had made it applicable prior to the state's merger with India. The Court clarified that the Madhya Bharat Ordinance No. 1 of 1948 and the Part B States (Laws) Act, 1951, preserved the applicability of the Indian Penal Code for offences committed before the merger. Consequently, the appellant's conviction under Sections 380 and 451 IPC was upheld, affirming that he could be tried in 1955 for the offences committed in 1948.