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In Re: Kallam Narayana

Court : Chennai

Reported in : (1933)64MLJ88

..... presumptions in criminal cases which are provided for in section 114 of the indian evidence act arise not only in connection with cases of theft and receipt of stolen goods but also in connection with other offences. i have thought it necessary to make these observations which are entirely in agreement with those which have fallen from my ..... it is a matter of common procedure to utilise evidence of this kind and the presumption such as this in connection not only with theft and the receipt of stolen goods but with more aggravated offences. i propose to refer to two cases only. one of which deals very clearly with the presumption in the case of the offence ..... 1915) 84 l.j.k.b. 396. the appellants there were charged with the offence of receiving stolen goods well knowing the same to have been stolen. the evidence for the prosecution established that the appellants were in possession of goods recently stolen and the judge in directing the jury said:it is the duty of the prosecution to prove the .....

In Re: B.N. Ramakrishna Naidu and anr.

Court : Chennai

Reported in : AIR1955Mad100; 1955CriLJ452

..... get found out. such an oragnlsatlon does not exist and if one is brought into existence these criminals are bound to quarrel and 'truth will out. the habitual receivers of stolen goods in madras are very well acquainted with law and it would be difficult to secure a conviction. but, notwithstanding their cleverness let a court of law be called upon to ..... the pilferers who are too numerous in the city and even though the receivers of stolen properties had at the time of. the pledge of such articles grave suspicions about the ownership of the pledger to the pawned goods they acquiesce in them, and thus indirectly are responsible for such thefts. in other words, by readily advancing monies to persons whom they .....

Abdul Mazid and anr. Vs. I.M. Yacoub

Court : Chennai

Reported in : AIR1965Mad329; 1965CriLJ105; (1965)2MLJ31

..... with others, including an admission of making a hole in the backdoor of the premises and obtaining entry, and also evidence relating to disposal of the stolen goods. the convictions of this appellant are confirmed.(6) we have very carefully considered the question of the sentences. were we functioning purely as a court of ..... us, that the appellant admitted this production, and indisputably the admissions were such as to lend every justification to an inference of receipt or retention of stolen goods with guilty knowledge. hence, the property of at least the conviction upon this charge cannot be questioned. these facts could also be regarded as circumstantial evidence ..... pondicherry, would be legally excluded. but even so, we find clear evidence on the record with regard tot he production by the appellant of part of the stolen goods (33 saris) before mr. lingappa, circle inspector of mysore city, when the officer questioned the appellant and searched his house. actually, we find from form .....

Ramudu Aiyar Vs. Emperor

Court : Chennai

Reported in : 72Ind.Cas.538

..... sold is an indication that he knew there was something wrong with the purchase of the goods. i do not think that either inference can reasonably be drawn. any merchant in madras may send goods honestly to salem and possibly also if a man has stolen goods he might take it away up-country to some station to have them sold there rather ..... the accused; but i am not prepared to hold, on these circumstances alone, that the accused had any suspicion or guilty knowledge of the goods being stolen property. many people in madras do sometimes speculate in goods in which they do not trade, and to take that as evidence of guilty knowledge would be quite unreasonable. there is no proof in this ..... in open market hawking it from shop to shop is a circumstance in his client's favour showing that he did not know the goods to be stolen as otherwise he would not have attempted to sell the goods in such an open manner. on the other hand, the crown prosecutor contends that the fact that the accused did not sell the .....

M. Rajagopala Nayagar Vs. Spencer and Co., Ltd. and anr.

Court : Chennai

Reported in : 59Ind.Cas.218

..... that brought these things discovered on the premises of the plaintiff to them and all they did was to express what was clearly their honest opinion that these goods were stolen goods and they left it to the police to take any action they thought advisable. they took no part in the conduct of the prosecution except that they ..... morning we have to say that the greater portion of the advertisement articles recovered from the house of rajagopala naicker were undoubtedly stolen from our premises. some of the other articles are such as we have in stock and sell, but they bear no distinguishing marks.... please take any action ..... ordinary course as presents, but that they must have been taken without permission, which amounted to theft. therefore, he expressed his opinion that the articles must have been stolen. he subsequently wrote to the commissioner of police, a letter, exhibit c, in which he says, 'with reference to the articles placed before us by the police this .....

Kannan Vs. State

Court : Chennai

Reported in : 2009CriLJ3365

..... of the stolen goods soon after either robbery or dacoity or murder, it could be presumed that the person committed the offence of either robbery or dacoity or murder. the nature of offence should ..... dacoity and the murder in the house are interconnected. in the illustration as to section 114(a) of the indian evidence act, if a person is found in possession of stolen goods soon after the theft, it could be presumed that he had committed the theft, accounts for his possession. this would mean that if a person is found in possession ..... what concerns us in the present case.the court may presume:(a) that a man who is in the possession of stolen goods soon after the theft is either the thief or has received the goods knowing them to be stolen, unless he can account for his possession.taylor in his treatise on the law of evidence has this to say on .....

Kannan Alias Muthukumar Vs. the State,

Court : Chennai

..... also followed them and after the petitioner purchased the gold, they were stated to be threatened at the knife point and kidnapped and the goods were stolen. as on date, the value of the stolen goods is 6,24,00,000/-(rupees six crores and 24 lakhs only). the offence occurred in the year 2004. even as per the ..... police could recover only a sum of rs.1,84,000/- and no reason was given with regard to the remaining amount and also regarding the recovery of stolen goods. therefore, the petitioner filed crl.o.p(md)no.4206 of 2009 to reinvestigate the case. this court directed the petitioner to file a petition under section ..... mr.veerasamy did not interrogate that particular person to whom the stolen goods were given. the receiver of the stolen goods was not made as an accused nor recovered the stolen goods to whom the stolen goods were handed-over nor registered any case under section 411 of ipc which speaks about the stolen goods. so, the original investigation done by the investigation officer .....

In Re: Cherukuri Rami Reddi

Court : Chennai

Reported in : AIR1945Mad208; (1945)1MLJ202

..... particular case.' a court may and, in appropriate circumstances, will presume that a man who is in possession of stolen goods soon after the theft, is either the thief, or has received the goods knowing them to be stolen, unless he can account for his possession because, if he cannot account for his possession he is likely to ..... be the thief or to have received the goods knowing them to have been stolen. under section 410 of the penal code property which has been criminally misappropriated is designated ' stolen property' and there seems no logical reason why a man who is in possession of stolen goods soon after they have been criminally misappropriated, if he ..... cannot account for his possession, should be regarded as less likely to have misappropriated them or to have received them knowing them to be stolen than if they had been the subject of theft. in the .....

In Re: Ramudu Aiyar

Court : Chennai

Reported in : AIR1923Mad365; (1923)44MLJ243

..... open market hawking it from shop to shop is a circumstance in his client's favour showing that he did not know the goods to be stolen goods as otherwise he would not have attempted to sell the goods in such an open manner. on the other hand the crown prosecutor contends that the fact that the accused did not sell the ..... sold is an indication that he knew there was something wrong with the purchase of the goods. i do not think that either inference can reasonably be drawn;. any merchant in madras may send goods honestly to salem, and possibily also if a man has stolen goods he might take it away up country to some station to have them sold there ..... against the accused but i am not prepared to hold on those circumstances alone that the accused had any suspicion or guilty knowledge of the goods being stolen property. many people in madras do sometimes speculate in goods in which they do not trade, and to take that as evidence of guilty knowledge would be quite unreasonable. there is no proof .....

In Re: Samachari and ors.

Court : Chennai

Reported in : AIR1924Mad350; 81Ind.Cas.310

..... whether the facts proved with regard to the conduct of these accused with reference to the skins are suflicient in themselves to justify a finding that the skins were stolen goods. that must be left to the appellate magistrate to be decided on hearing the appeal again.5. then there are one or two other points to which i ..... prosecution to be true, there was no evidence to show that the sfcins in court were identical with those contained in the bale avhich was lost and that they were stolen property. in answer to this argument, the appellate magistrate relied upon' emperor v. budliankhan inayatkhan 17 ind. cas 537 : 13 cr. l.j. 793 : 14 bom. l.r ..... the ground that they voluntarily assisted in concealing and disposing of property namely, 233 dressed skins produced before the court which they knew or had reason to believe was stolen property by transferring the said property from gooty to adoni, then by disposing it in different places and by offering it for sale. both the lower courts convicted .....