Supreme Court · 1966 INSC 61 · Decided 1 March 1966
Badku Joti Savant v. State of Mysore
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1966 INSC 61 · [1966] 3 S.C.R. 698
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 26/1964
- Decided
- 1 March 1966
- Bench
- P.B. GAJENDRAGADKAR, K.N. WANCHOO, M. HIDAYATULLAH, J.C. SHAH, S.M. SIKRI (5-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- CrPC Section 173; Evidence Act Section 25; Customs Act Section 9
Headnote
I'. STATE OF MYSORE March I, 1966 [P. B. GAJE1'DRAGADKAR, C. J .• K. N. WANCHOO, M. l-IIDAYATULLAll, J.C. SHAH AND S. M. SJKRI, JJ.) Sta Customs Act (8 of 1878), s. 167(81)-0ffence under-Offender whether must be directly concerned in the ilnport of smuggled gofd. Central Excise and Salt the niean­ ing of Indian Evidence Act (I of 1872), s. 25. The appellant who lived in a village near Goa was found in possession of contraband gold. He was prosecu1ed under s. 167 ( 81 ) of the Sea Customs Act read with s. 9 of the Land Customs Act (9 of 1924). The trial Magistrate convic1ed
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