Supreme Court · 1983 INSC 84 · Decided 28 July 1983
Assistant Collector of Customs (Preventive) Bombay v. Babu Miya Sheikh Imam and ORS. ETC.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1983 INSC 84 · [1983] 3 S.C.R. 500
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 416/1974
- Decided
- 28 July 1983
- Bench
- P.N. BHAGWATI, R.B. MISRA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 135(1)(a)(ii); Customs Act Section 135, 135(1)(a)(ii), 5, 135(I)(a)(ii)
Headnote
F G H 500 ASSISTANT COLLECTOR OF CUSTOMS (PREVENTIVE) BOMBAY v. BABU MJY A SHEIKH IMAM AND ORS. ETC. July 28, 1983 [P. N. BHAGWATI AND R. B. MISRA, JJ.J Customs Act, 1962-Section 135(/) (a) (ii,-Scope of. Section 135(1) (a) (ii) of the Customs Act, 1962 provides that if any person "is in under. any other law for the time ~ei~g in force with respect to such, goods'', he shall be punishable. In the reasonable belief that the respondents were smuggJing silver out of the country, the Custon1s officials apprehended the· resporldents at · about 111idnight while they
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