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Gopaldas Udhavdas Ahuja and anr. Vs. Union of India (Uoi) and ors.

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : AIR2004SC3830; (2004)190CTR(SC)1; 2004(176)ELT3(SC); [2004]268ITR273(SC); JT2004(5)SC300; 2004(6)SCALE141; (2004)7SCC33

..... intended to provide for two separate proceedings before two different forums and there is no conflict of jurisdictions between the authorised officer acting under section 71(1) to direct confiscation on being satisfied that an offence has been committed and the magistrate making an order on conviction of an accused under section 85(1) and that mere acquittal in the trial before the magistrate, in every case, cannot result in ..... by or under this act; or(x) carries on business at a banker or money-lender; shall, without prejudice to any other action that may be taken under this act be punishable-- (a) if the offence is under clause (i), (ii), (iii), (iv) or (viii), [the offence under clause (viii) being a contravention of sub-section (3) of section 55] and the value of the gold involved therein exceeds one lakh of rupees, with imprisonment for a term which may extend to ..... learned counsel for the appellants next contended that the appellants were prosecuted by the gold control authorities for offences under section 85(1)(ii) read with section 8(1) of the act in respect of retention of possession of primary gold; that they were also prosecuted for not filing declarations under ..... no absolute bar to the possession of the primary gold under the 1968 act in this connection, it was urged that mere possession of primary gold was an offence under sections 71(1) and 85(1) of the act; that, therefore, the word 'possession' in sections 8(1), 71(1) and 85(1) referred to conscious possession.5. ..... forest .....

Puran Chand Vs. State of H.P.

Court : Supreme Court of India

..... instant matter, in view of the evidence led by the witnesses, supported by the circumstantial evidence, the prosecution version is fit to be relied upon brushing aside the theory of improbability of the offence and holding the prosecution case proved beyond reasonable doubt, leading to the conclusion that the incident in fact did happen in the manner in which it has been described by the victim girl who was ..... thus, if the version of the victim girl is fit to be believed due to the attending circumstances that she was subjected to sexual assault of rape and the trauma of this offence on her mind was so acute which led her to the extent of committing suicide which she miraculously escaped, it would be a travesty of justice if we were to disbelieve her version which would render the amendment ..... evidence act which we clearly do, then even if there had been a doubt about the medical evidence regarding non rupture of hymen the same would be of no consequence as it is well settled by now that the offence of rape would be held to have been proved even if there is an attempt of rape on the woman and not the actual commission of rape. ..... section 114-a no doubt addresses on the consent part of the woman only when the offence of rape is proved but it also impliedly would be applicable in a matter of this nature where the victim girl had gone to the extent of committing suicide due to the trauma of rape and yet is sought to be ..... her goats for grazing in the forest at a distance of about .....

Union of India Vs. Ashok Kumar Sharma

Court : Supreme Court of India

..... complaint has been made, or credible information has been received, or a reasonable suspicion exists, of his having been concerned in, any act committed at any place out of india which, if committed in india, would have been punishable as an offence, and for which he is, under any law relating to extradition, or otherwise, liable to be apprehended or detained in custody in india; or (h) who, being a released convict, commits a breach of any rule made under sub- section ..... 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 preliminary conditions, namely (1) the arresting officer three of the 134 is ..... ; (b) that any condition imposed by a magistrate when releasing an person on bail be set aside or modified: provided that the high court or the court of session shall, before granting bail to a person who is accused of an offence which is triable exclusively by the court of session or which, though not so triable, is punishable with imprisonment for life, give notice of the application for bail to the public prosecutor unless it is, for reasons to be recorded ..... have increased and are increasing manifold, various acts dealing with customs, excise, forest, taxes etc .....

The State of Punjab Vs. Ajaib Singh and anr.

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : AIR1953SC10; 1953CriLJ180; [1953]4SCR254

..... satisfied that the physical restraint put upon an abducted person in the process of recovering and taking that person into custody without any allegation or accusation of any actual or suspected or apprehended commission by that person of any offence of a criminal or quasi-criminal nature or of any act prejudicial to the state or the public interest, and delivery of that person to the custody of the officer in charge of the nearest camp under section 4 ..... in such a case, the officer deputing a subordinate officer to make the arrest has to deliver to the latter an order in writing specifying the person to be arrested and the offence or other cause for which the arrest is to be made and the subordinate officer is required, before making the arrest, to notify to the person to be arrested the substance of the order and, if so required by ..... the reason for the arrest is that the arrested person is reasonably suspected to have been guilty of an offence under the act and there is provision in both cases for the immediate production of the arrested person before ..... section 59 authorises even a private person to arrest any person who in his view commits a non-bailable and cognisable offence or any proclaimed offender and requires the person making the arrest to make over the arrested person, without unnecessary delay, to a police officer or to take such person in ..... example, be made to sections 173 and 174 of the sea customs act (viii of 1878) and section 64 of the forest act (xvi of 1927). .....

Jagdishraj Khatta Vs. The State of Himachal Pradesh

Court : Supreme Court of India

..... the appeal preferred by the state of himachal pradesh was allowed, and the judgment and order dated 03.04.1993 passed by the additional sessions judge, kangra, dharamshala, himachal pradesh, acquitting the appellant accused for offences under sections 498a and 306 of the ipc, and section 30 of the indian arms act, was set aside.2. ..... the case of the prosecution in brief is that the appellant, who 1 was posted as the forest range officer at jawalamukhi, at the relevant time, was residing with the deceased (his wife) and two minor children. ..... on appeal by the state, the high court reversed the findings of the trial court and convicted the appellant for the offences under sections 498a and 306 of the ipc and sentenced him to three years rigorous imprisonment with a fine of rs. ..... 10,000, in default of payment of which he is to undergo rigorous imprisonment for a further period of six months, for the offence under section 306, ipc, and one year rigorous imprisonment with a fine of rs. ..... 5,000, in default of payment of which he is to undergo rigorous imprisonment for a further period of three months, for the offence under section 498a, ipc, with both sentences to run concurrently. .....

Suryavir Vs. The State Of Haryana

Court : Supreme Court of India

..... the trial court convicted suryavir and devender of the offences punishable under section 302 read with 34 ipc and sentenced them to undergo life sentence. ..... for the offence under section 25 of the arms act, they were awarded substantive sentence of one year and six months and to pay a fine in the sum of rs.2000/-.9. ..... the police had first taken me to rohtak road, jind and thereafter the accused had got recovered the weapons from near an electric pole installed near the forest office. ..... 2 committed offences punishable under section 302/120-b of the indian penal code, 18602 and section 25 of the indian arms act, 19593.4. ..... both convicted accused shall be set at liberty unless their custody is required in connection with any other offence. .j. ..... the police had interrogated the accused, who had disclosed about the weapon of offence. .....

Krishnamoorthy and anr. Vs. State by Inspector of Police and ors.

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : 2007CriLJ1803; JT2007(8)SC442; 2007(3)SCALE696; 2007AIRSCW1775; (2007)2Crimes372(SC)

..... the accused 3 and 4 as also the other two accused, are linked to the offence by their being sighted in the field of the deceased on the day of the incident and on account of the recovery of the jewels of the deceased as also recovery of the stones used for committing the offence, on the information furnished by them.11. ..... on the way, a-3 identified a-1 and a-4 near the forest check post, who were arrested by pw-13. ..... the main contention urged by the learned counsel for the appellants (a-3 and a-4) is that there is no direct evidence to connect them with the incident and the offence. ..... thereafter, on the information furnished by a-3, pw-13 and pw-4 along with a-3 went for recovering the stones used in the offence. .....

Parbata Vs. State of Rajasthan

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : AIR2006SC747; (2006)2CALLT109(SC); 2006CriLJ562; [2006(1)JCR171(SC)]; (2005)13SCC398

..... the finding of the trial court is not supported by any evidence on record because the consistent evidence of the prosecution witnesses is that the place where the occurrence took place was a forest or at least a place where bushes were growing and, therefore, the trial court was not justified in jumping to the conclusion that it was an open field where the offence was committed.7. ..... it is not suggested that she had any enmity with the appellant or there was any particular reason for her to involve the appellant in this offence. .....

The Director of Entry Tax and ors. Vs. Sunrise Timber Company

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : (2009)19VST32(SC)

..... area from places outside the state for sale, use or consumption therein without payment of necessary entry tax and also forged documents thereby attracting action in terms of section 24(1)(a) and 24(1)(b) of tagma act besides criminal offences of forgery, cheating. .....

Sarabjit Singh and anr. Vs. State of Punjab and anr.

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : AIR2009SC2792; 2009CriLJ3978; 2009(8)SCALE175; (2010)2SCC(Cri)141

..... can at any stage produce evidence which satisfies the court that the other accused or those who have not been arrayed as accused against whom proceedings have been quashed have also committed the offence the court can take cognizance against them and try them along with the other accused. ..... (1) was passed, the order would become ineffective and inoperative, nullifying the opinion earlier formed by the court on the basis of the evidence before it that the newly added person appears to have committed the offence resulting in an order for his being brought before the court.it was furthermore held:14. ..... appellants herein from an order dated 28.09.2006 passed by the additional sessions judge, gurdaspur whereby application of prosecution under section 319 of the code was allowed and the appellants were summoned to face trial for offences under section 148/302 read with section 149 of the indian penal code.3. ..... whereas the test of prima facie case may be sufficient for taking cognizance of an offence at the stage of framing of charge, the court must be satisfied that there exists a strong suspicion. ..... -(1) where, in the course of any inquiry into, or trial of, an offence, it appears from the evidence that any person not being the accused has committed any offence for which such person could be tried together with the accused, the court may proceed against such person for the offence which he appears to have committed. .....