Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act 1976 – Applicability of – Held: In the instant case, the matter was pending in the trial Court in relation to certain offences alleged to have been committed by the respondent, which were punishable under the Penal Code, 1860 and FCRA – Insofar as applicability of the provisions of the FCRA were concerned, the same could be decided properly only after the evidence is adduced by the prosecution and the material is brought on record by means of evidence against the appellant in the case – It is not appropriate to examine the issue at this stage in these proceedings – The parties can raise this plea of applicability of FCRA only after the prosecution adduces the evidence on merits – Trial Court to records its findings at that stage in accordance with law – Penal Code, 1860.
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