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R.R. Gopal @ Nakkheeran Gopal Vs. State, Represented by Inspector of P ...

Court : Chennai

Reported in : 2003(2)CTC605

..... for many years, one veerappan, known as sandalwood smuggler veerappan has been committing various forest offences like smuggling of sandalwood, poaching and killing of elephants for tusks in the dense forest area of erode and coimbatore districts and the adjoining forest area of karnataka state and the state governments of tamil nadu and karnataka were trying to ..... to the petitioner, he clarified the matter through his reporters sivasubramanian and krishnakumar that both of them were police informants and they should be eliminated and the petitioner had been to thalavady forest prior to the occurrences in both the murder cases and he has an active role in the kidnapping and murder of both the persons and the publication of the article with photographs in ..... to supra arose in an appeal assailing the pre-arrest bail order granted by the high court in favour of a former minister of a state in a case registered for the offences under prevention of corruption act with the allegation that the respondent had amassed wealth far and excess of his known sources of income and the apex court in the circumstances of the ..... the learned senior counsel for the petitioner contended that the claim of the respondent police that further investigation disclosed the joining of tamil extremist groups with veerappan in the sathyamangalam forest is not correct and the further investigation was commenced only on 20.11.2001 and 3.12.2001 in the cases and whereas the petitioner, wayback in 1998, came to know .....

Kodaikanal Wattle Bark Vyaparikal Sangam and Etc. Vs. State of Tamil N ...

Court : Chennai

Reported in : AIR1986Mad137

..... , that as the lessees of the right to remove or peel off bark from the trees standing in the lands of the pattadar they had the right to transport the bark peeled off and that the forest officials had no authority whatever to obstruct them, the petitioners have prayed for the issue of a writ of mandamus directing the respondents and their officers and servants to forbear from interfering with the rights of ..... 41 enables a forest officer or a police officer to, seize timber or forest produce together with all tools, ropes, chains, boats, vehicles and cattle used in committing an offence when there is reason to believe that a forest offence has been committed in respect of the ..... the guise of removing the wattle bark from the trees standing in the lands of the pattadars, the lessees peel off wattle bark from the trees standing in the forest belonging to the government, then, that would be clearly a case of a commission of forest offence i.e. ..... forest offence 'has been defined as an offence punishable under did act or any rule made ..... off wattle bark, as collection, its movement and transport by the lessees from the trees standing in the lands of the pattadars cannot be equated to commission of a forest offence. ..... into service to claim that even when the trees are engaged in the lawful activities of collecting the peeled wattle bark and transporting them in the exercise of their rights as lessees, they are committing an offence, to prevent which the forest officials have the power under s. .....

Kodaikanal Wattle Bark Vyaparikal Sangam Represented by Its President ...

Court : Chennai

Reported in : (1985)2MLJ67

..... section 41 enables a forest officer or a police officer to seize timber or forest produce together with all tools, ropes, chains, boats, vehicles, and cattle used in committing an offence when there is reason to believe that a forest offence has been committed in ..... as the lessees of the right to remove or peel off bark from the trees standing in the lands of the pattadar, they had the right to transport the park peeled off and that the forest officials had no authority whatever to obstruct them, the petitioners have prayed for the issue of a writ of mandamus directing the respondents and their officers and servants to forbear from interfering with the rights ..... of removing the wattle bark from the trees standing in the lands of the pattadars, the lessees peel off wattle bark from the trees standing in the forest belonging to the government, then, that would be clearly a case of a commission of forest offence, i.e. ..... 'forest offence' has been defined as an offence punishable under the act or ..... wattle bark, its collection, its movement and transport by the lessees from the trees standing in the lands of the pattadars cannot be equated to commission of a forest offence. ..... to claim that even when the lessees are engaged in the lawful activities of collecting the peeled wattle bark and transporting them in the exercise of their rights as lessees, they are committing an offence, to prevent which, the forest officials have the power under section 41 of the tamil nadu forest act, 1882. .....

V. Sridhar Vs. the Forest Range Officer, Odugathur Range and the Distr ...

Court : Chennai

Reported in : 2007(5)CTC177

..... the confiscation proceedings have already been initiated by the competent authority, taking into consideration the plea of the petitioner that he is the owner of the vehicle and that the same had been used in the forest offence without his knowledge and connivance, the competent authority-assistant conservator of forest, is directed to issue notice to the petitioner, before deciding the confiscation proceedings, within a week from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. ..... before passing an order for releasing the forest produce or the property used in the commission of the forest offence the authorised officer or the appellate authority has to specify the reasons which justify such release, apparently, prima facie excluding the possibility of such forest produce or the property being confiscated ultimately ..... any vehicle is seized on the allegation that it was used for committing a forest offence, the same shall not normally be returned to a party till the culmination of all the proceedings in respect of such offence including confiscatory proceedings, if any. ..... , used in the commission of the forest offence, which are liable to forfeiture should be ..... the investigation was in progress, the police received an information that the stolen car with above engine and chassis number has been seized by odugathur forest range, vellore district in connection with the forest offence, registered in s.t.o.r. no. ..... such vehicle is alleged to have been involved in commission of a forest offence. .....

S. Dhanasekaran Vs. the Tamil Nadu Industrial Investment Corporation L ...

Court : Chennai

Reported in : AIR1996Mad334

..... since there is no response and there was no claim from any person including the registered owner and after being satisfied that forest offence was committed in respect of the vehicle the authorised officer thiru a. ..... ' in the instant case, the vehicle in question was seized and confiscated by the second respondent for the offences committed under the tamil nadu forest act under section 49-a(2) and thereafter it was sold in a public auction under section 49-a(3) of the act and as per section 49-f of the act, if such property or portion thereof has been sold under section 49-a(3) and the sale ..... learned counsel for the 2nd respondent submitted that once the vehicle was confiscated, complying with the provisions of the forest act and the rules made thereunder, the owner of the vehicle as well as the person who has a right of hypothecation over the vehicle lose their right and the property in the said vehicle vests ..... it appears that the said vehicle was seized by the 2nd respondent for offences under the tamil nadu forests act, 1892. ..... free from all encumbrances,' and submitted that the 1st respondent has no right to seize the vehicle after the vehicle was seized and confiscated by the 2nd respondent for the offences under the tamil nadu forest act. ..... the authorised officer under the forest act entrusted the properties to their ranger for safe ..... 49-f of the tamil nadu forest act, 1882, which says that, 'when an order for confiscation of any property has been passed under s. 49-a or s. 49-c or .....

Harikrishna Naiko Vs. Emperor

Court : Chennai

Reported in : 47Ind.Cas.277

..... as regards forest offences, any inference that particular forest officials may draw as to the persons who committed theft will not be evidence of repute. ..... submitted against you by the sub-inspector of police, bugada station, under section 110(e) and (f) of the criminal procedure code, that you are habitually protecting thieves, habitually committing or attempting to commit or a betting the commitment of offences involving a breach of the peace and are so dangerous and desperate as to render your being at large without security hazardous to execute a bond for rs. ..... divisional magistrate sets out that the charge-sheet submitted by the sub inspector of police made it appear to the magistrate that they were habitually protecting thieves habitually committing or attempting to commit or abetting the commitment of offences involving a breach of the pace, and were so dangerous and desperate as to render their being at large without security hazardous to the community. ..... the illicit grazing of the buffalos on one occasion in respect of which compensation was levied by the forest department, even if true, would not be a ground for requiring security under section 110; nor would the remarks in a file that some shicaries on one occasion used the gun of 2nd accused be sufficient.16. ..... the magistrate erred in thinking that in spite of acquittals of the persons actually charged with offences the facts relied on by the prosecution in those oases can be relevant evidence against the present accused .....

A.Palaniraj Vs. 1.The Principal Secretary to Government,

Court : Chennai

..... the petitioner has allowed the said ravikumar to come with official dress in the guise of deducting forest offences, as this has caused some dissatisfaction among the forest officials and staffs, tamil nadu forest officers association has also made a complaint rasing serious objection for taking mr.e.ravikumar along with the forest official inside the forest. ..... another fact remains to be seen is when the petitioner, as rightly contended by the learned additional advocate general, has rendered 19 years of service in virudhunagar range, out of total 33 years of service in the forest department, in the light of a request from the arasu rubber corporation limited dated 27.01.2015, the second respondent agreeing with the request made by the aruasu rubber corporation limited to monitor all the activities in the ..... inasmuch as in the said pil, not only the petitioner has been made as third respondent, on behalf of the forest department other official respondents are also arrayed as necessary parties, therefore, it is not incumbent upon the petitioner, who is only arrayed as third respondent, in the pending pil can contend that in order to ..... , principal chief conservator cum chief wild life warden, office of the principal chief conservator of forests (head of forest force) palangal maligai, saidapet, chennai - 15 ..respondents prayer: petition filed under article 226 of the constitution of india for the issuance of a writ of certiorari to call for the records relating to the impugned order .....

M. Muthuramalingam and Etc. Etc. Vs. District Forest Officer and anr.

Court : Chennai

Reported in : 2002CriLJ420

..... under section 55(1) and (2) of the tamil nadu forest act, after payment of compounding fees by the person reasonably suspected of having committed any forest offence, the forest officer shall discharge the said person and also release the property ..... is also revealed from section 55 of the tamil nadu forest act that any forest officer may accept from any person reasonably suspected of having committed any forest offence by way of compensation, while compounding the said offence.19. ..... case had been registered when they were caught red handed with the weapons along with ammunitions for the offences under section 21 (d) of the forest act and under section 41 of the wild life act.33. ..... the whole reading of section 55 would reveal that it is open to the forest officer not only to collect compensation for the offence, but also to collect the value of the property seized.21. ..... , it is contended by the learned counsel for the petitioners that the search and the seizure were illegal, in view of the fact that there are no materials to show that the petitioners have committed any offence either under the tamil nadu forest act or under the wild life protection act.32. ..... 1999-2000, dated 13-8-1999 imposing compounding fees on them for having committed offences under the tamil nadu forest act and the wild life protection act.3. ..... in this case, it is stated that the district forest officer has been empowered to compound the offence under section 54 of the wild life protection act as indicated above .....

M/s. Tungabadra Minerals Private Limited Vs. The Chennai Port Trust Re ...

Court : Chennai

..... nearly 56 forest offence cases has been registered owing to encroachment in forest land by 60 mining leaseholders. ..... 56 forest offence cases had been registered in the courts of magistrate. ..... the preamble to the said government order stated that on 20.03.2010 the forest department seized approximately 8,05,991 mts of illegal stock of iron ores from belikeri port and approximately 1,15,399 mts of illegal stock at karwar port. ..... encroachments in large cases, traversed in to the adjoining forest areas and government revenue lands. ..... an interim report was filed on 18.12.2008 with very damaging findings, that iron ore community earned rs.60,000 crores for the year 2007-2008 alone and that there were encroachment even into forest and government revenue lands. ..... 60 mining lease holders encroached into the forest land. .....

C. Kaliammal and ors. Vs. the Forest Range Officer and ors.

Court : Chennai

Reported in : (1991)568MLJ1

..... impression that even though wattle bark satisfies the definition of forest produce because its peeling off does not amount to felling, it does not involve any forest offence and as such peeling off wattle bark, its collection and removal by transport from the trees standing in the lands of the pattadars by the lessees, which the petitioners before us claim to be, is no offence and the respondents do not possess any authority to interfere ..... section 41 enables a forest officer or a police officer to seize timber or forest produce together with all tools, ropes, chains, boats, vehicles and cattle used in committing an offence when there is reason to believe that a forest offence has been committed ..... the wattle bark from the trees standing in the lands of the pattadars, the lessees peel off wattle bark from the trees standing in the forest belonging to the government, then that would be clearly a case of a commission of forest offence, i.e. ..... 'forest offence' has been defined as an offence punishable under the ..... bark, its collection, its movement and transport by the lessees from the trees standing in the lands of the pattadars cannot be equated to commission of a forest offence. ..... that even when the lessees are engaged in the lawful activities of collecting the peeled wattle bark and transporting them in the exercise of their rights as lessees, they are committing an offence, to prevent which, the forest officials have the power under section 41 of the tamil nadu forest act, 1882. .....