Supreme Court · 1983 INSC 1 · Decided 12 January 1983
Assistant Collector of Central Excise, Calicut v. V.P. Sayed Mohammed
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1983 INSC 1 · [1983] 2 S.C.R. 225
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 44/1976
- Decided
- 12 January 1983
- Bench
- E.S. VENKATARAMIAH, R.B. MISRA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- CrPC Section 342; Customs Act Section 135(b), 123, 119, 97(1)
Headnote
COLLECTOR OF CENTRAL EXCISE, CALICUT v. V.P. SAYED MOHAMMED January 12, 1983 !E.S. VENKATARAMIAH AND R.B. MISRA, JJ.J 225 • Evidence-Btnefit of doubt to accused-Doubt must be reasonable, real and G substantial arising out of entire evidence • The respondent was charged under s. seized 28 gold bars from him at a railway station, the ticket collector on duty at the time of seizure and the goldsmith· who had certified the purity and weight of the gold bars seized. The goldsmith had depused that he could by experience assess the purity of gold by rubbing it on a
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