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Aug 09 2023 (SC)

Assistant Wild Life Warden Vs. K.k.moideen

Court : Supreme Court of India

..... it was found during enquiry that the rosewood logs were cut from the forest of shrimangala, ponnampet area in karnataka and lorry was coming from kutta (karnataka) side. ..... at the time of crossing inter-state border in karnataka, the 2 the kerala forest act, 1961 (hereinafter the act ) page 3 of 6 civil appeal no.4367 of 2012 lorry was shown to be loaded with bananas and rice husk bags. ..... in the order dated 27.06.2005 passed by the wildlife warden, it was recorded that the rosewood logs were government property and the vehicle was being used in commission of offence of illicit transport of forest produce. ..... briefly the facts available on record are, that the officers of the forest department stopped a lorry bearing registration no.kl11e4995on 08.08.2004. .....

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Jul 16 2013 (SC)

State of Kerala and ors. Vs. R. Sudha and ors.

Court : Supreme Court of India

..... an amendment is brought to the kerala panchayat raj act, 1994 by introducing section 219 s whereby deposit of rubbish or filth or excreta in a public watercourse or water body or any water source within a panchayat, is made a non-bailable offence punishable under the act. ..... : bodies or public places including forest in the night as is done presently. ..... only few cases of offence get detected because dumping is done in the night in a clandestine manner. ..... the directions reads as under : this is a public interest litigation filed by an advocate alleging dumping of waste, human excreta and other rubbish in rivers and in forests in and around munnar. ..... it is not known whether there is corresponding provision in the municipalites act making same offence punishable in municipalities. .....

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Sep 09 1994 (SC)

Khedat Mazdoor Chetna Sangath Vs. State of M.P. and Others

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : AIR1995SC31; 1995CriLJ508; JT1994(6)SC60; 1994(4)SCALE40; (1994)6SCC260; 1994(2)LC771(SC)

..... incitement to violence and open encroachment of tribals to encroach upon the forest lands and to indulge in deforestation are activities which cannot be permitted. ..... even the accused persons were produced before the learned judicial magistrate in hand-cuffs and by granting police remand the learned magistrate keeping in view the nature of offence committed by them impliedly approved of the action of hand-cuff.16. ..... the petitioner's association has fought or access to forest resources which has been denied to them. ..... the offence for which they were tried and convicted under section 186 of indian penal code is only a bailable offence. .....

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Apr 12 1977 (SC)

State of Maharashtra Vs. Mahipati Krishna Ingavale Etc. Etc.

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : AIR1977SC1200; 1977CriLJ968; (1977)4SCC598C

..... the high court held that since the offences were under a central act and the investigation or enquiry was conducted only by forest officers under the provisions of the act the central government alone was competent to prefer the appeals under section 377(2), cr.p.c. ..... the state preferred appeals against the inadequate sentence awarded by the trial court in each of the three cases tried for offences under section 33(1)(c), (f) and (h) of the indian forest act. .....

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Dec 07 2011 (SC)

State of Punjab Vs. Davinder Pal Singh Bhullar and ors.

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : 2012(1)KLT10; AIR2012SCW207; AIR2012SC364; 2012CriLJ1001

..... can transfer the matter to the cbi or any other special agency only when it is satisfied that the accused is a very powerful and influential person or the state authorities like high police officials are involved in the offence and the investigation has not been proceeded with in proper direction or the investigation had been conducted in a biased manner ..... . to stay the operation of an order of confiscation under section 44(iia) of the andhra pradesh forest act as it is distinct from a trial before a court for the commission of an offence. 37 ..... . he was tried for the said offence, convicted in the year 2001 and given the death sentence ..... . the court cannot direct cbi to investigate as to whether a person committed an offence as alleged or not ..... . in divisional forest officer & anr. v. g.v ..... pinochet ugarte (no.2) 1999 all er, 577, in which the house of lords on 25.11.1998, restored warrant of arrest of senator pinochet who was the head of the state of chile and was to stand trial in spain for some alleged offences. .....

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Oct 10 2022 (SC)

Gali Janardhan Reddy Vs. The State Of Andhra Pradesh

Court : Supreme Court of India

..... the applicant herein is the accused in rc17a)/2009 cbi hyd dated 07.12.2009 as amended on 05.09.2011, for the offences under sections 120(b), 420, 379, 409, 468, 411, 427 and 447 of the indian penal code, 1860, section 2 of the indian forest act, 1927, rule 21 read with rules 4(1), 4(1)(a) and 23 of the mines and minerals (development and regulation) act, 1957. ..... the applicant is facing the trial for very serious offences punishable under sections 120(b), 420, 379, 409, 468, 411, 427 and 447 of the indian penal code, 1860, section 2 of the indian forest act, 1927, rule 21 read with rules 4(1), 4(1)(a) and 23 of the mines and 10 minerals (development and regulation) act, 1957. ..... any attempt on the part of the accused to delay the trial of serious offences is to be dealt with iron hands. .....

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Sep 19 1996 (SC)

Stat of Punjab Vs. Gurmit Singh and Anothers

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : AIR1997SC500; 1997(1)ALD(Cri)75; 1996(1)ALT(Cri)289; 1996CriLJ4466; JT1996(9)SC125; 1996(4)KarLJ132; 1996(6)SCALE753

..... gurmit singh son of shangara singh (a-2) is also held liable for murder of bhag, an offence punishable under section 302/34 of the indian penal code and sentenced to suffer life imprisonment. ..... after completing the investigation, both the accused were charge sheeted for offences punishable under sections 302/34 of the indian penal code and section 3 of tada. 4. ..... the respondents-two accused persons were put up for trial for offences punishable under sections 302 read with section 34 ipc and section 3 of tada for having committed the murder of bhag. 2. ..... gurmit singh @ mita son of ganda singh (a-1) is convicted for the offence punishable under section 302 of the indian penal code and sentenced to suffer life imprisonment. ..... she further urged that both the accused were arrested on the very same day from the forest and there was no question of any manipulation by the investigating agency. ..... the learned counsel, therefore, urged that the impugned order is totally perverse, unsustainable and the same be set aside and both the accused be held guilty of the offences for which they were tried. 8. mr. r.s. ..... having rejected the evidence of eye witnesses, the learned trial judge opined that the other evidence on record was not sufficient to hold the accused persons guilty of the offences for which they were tried. .....

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Jan 31 1994 (SC)

Directorate of Enforcement Vs. Deepak Mahajan and Another

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : AIR1994SC1775; 1994(2)ALT(Cri)173; 1994(2)BLJR912; [1995]82CompCas103(SC); 1994CriLJ2269; 1994(1)Crimes892(SC); 1994(46)ECC255; 1994(70)ELT12(SC); JT1994(1)SC290; 1994(3)SCC440

..... arrestee before a competent magistrate by an authorised officer or an officer empowered to arrest (notwithstanding the fact that he is not a police officer in its stricto sensu) on a reasonable belief that the arrestee 'has been guilty of an offence punishable' under the provisions of the special act is sufficient for the magistrate to take that person into his custody on his being satisfied of the three preliminary conditions, namely, (1) the arresting officer is legally competent ..... of the following steps: (1) proceeding to the spot, (2) ascertainment of the facts and circumstances of the case, (3) discovery and arrest of the suspected offender, (4) collection of evidence relating to the commission of the offence which may consist of (a) the commission of various persons (including the accused) and the reduction of their statement into writing, if the officer thinks fit, (b) the search of places or seizure of things considered necessary ..... to section 61 of the old code) and section 167(1) and (2) barring the provisos to sub-section (2) of the code together, manifestly shows that the legislature has contemplated that the investigation of the offence in case of a person arrested without a warrant should be completed in the first instance within twenty-four hours and if the investigation cannot be completed within that period, then the magistrate can authorise the detention of ..... the state have increased and are increasing manifold, various acts dealing with customs, excise, forest, taxes etc. .....

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Sep 01 1998 (SC)

Lashkari Ram and ors. Vs. Mast Ram Tanta and anr

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : 1998VIAD(SC)653; AIR1998SC3334; 1998(2)ALD(Cri)649; 1998CriLJ4602; 1998(3)Crimes230(SC); JT1998(6)SC195; 1998(5)SCALE139; (1998)6SCC666

..... 1 mast ram tanta was tried by the court of sub-divisional magistrate, theog for certain offences punishable under the indian penal code and the forest act. .....

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Oct 01 2019 (SC)

Union of India Vs. The State of Maharashtra

Court : Supreme Court of India

..... submitted on behalf of union of india that as per the amendment rules, 2016 the provisions have also been made with regard to relief amount of 47 offences of atrocities to victims, rationalisation of the phasing of payment of relief amount, enhancement of relief amount between rs.85,000/ to rs.8,25,000/ depending upon the nature of the offence, payment of admissible relief within seven days, on completion of investigation and filing of charge sheet within sixty days to enable timely commencement of prosecution 6 ..... submitted that the provisions have also been made for the establishment of exclusive special courts and specification of exclusive special public prosecutors to exclusively try the offences under the act of 1989 to enable expeditious disposal of cases, special courts and exclusive special courts to take direct cognisance of offences and completion of trial as far as possible within two months from the date of filing of the charge sheet and addition of chapter on ..... it is further submitted that the amendments broadly related to addition of several new offences/atrocities like tonsuring of head/moustache, or similar acts which are derogatory to the dignity of the members of scheduled castes and scheduled tribes, garlanding with footwear, denying access to irrigation facilities or forest rights, dispose or carry human or animal carcasses, or to dig graves, using or permitting manual scavenging, dedicating a scheduled caste or a scheduled tribe woman as devadasi, abusing in .....

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