Supreme Court · 1968 INSC 271 · Decided 16 October 1968
Assistant Collector of Customs & ANR. v. L. R. Malwani and ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1968 INSC 271 · [1969] 2 S.C.R. 438
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 15/1967
- Decided
- 16 October 1968
- Bench
- J.C. SHAH, V. RAMASWAMI, G.K. MITTER, K.S. HEGDE, A.N. GROVER (5-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 167; CrPC Section 173(4), 94, 403; Constitution Article 20(2); Customs Act
Headnote
OF CUSTOMS & ANR. v. L. R. MALWANI AND ANR. October l 6, 1968 [J, C. SHAH, V. R.i\MASWAMI, G. K. MITTER, K. S. HEGDE, AND A. N. GROVER, JJ.j Constitution of India, Art. 20(2)-Accused given benefit of doubt by customs authority in respect of alleged offence under Sea CustO'ms Act, Procedure, ss. 173(4)-Section whether applicable in a trial on complaint by cus­ toms uuthorities-S. 94(1) whether can be used to secure supply of documents mentioned in s. 173(4) to the accused. The accused persons were charged with having entered into a conspi­ racy at Bombay and other
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