KUPPA GOUNDAN & ANR. vs M.S.P. RAJESH

The Supreme Court held that the prosecution of the appellants under Section 476 of the Criminal Procedure Code after the conclusion of the trial was legally valid, despite the appellants' contention that the Magistrate had not followed the procedure under Section 479-A. The Court clarified that the bar of Section 479-A(6) does not apply when perjury is detected based on evidence from a distinct proceeding or subsequent material. The judgment distinguished the case from Shabir Hussein Bholu v. State of Maharashtra and approved C.P. Kasi Thevar v. Chinniah Konar.