Supreme Court · 1996 INSC 849 · Decided 8 August 1996
Devchand Kalyan Tandel v. State of Gujarat and ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1996 INSC 849 · [1996] SUPP. 4 S.C.R. 382
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 812/1996
- Decided
- 8 August 1996
- Bench
- K. RAMASWAMY, G.B. PATTANAIK (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution; Customs Act Section 135(1)
Headnote
Customs Act, 1962: Sectio11s 11-K, 135 a11d 138-A. Accused-Canyi11g silver ingots i11 a car without transpo1t voucher- C Seizure made in a specified area notified under section 11-K-Accused not discharging their b11rde11 to prove that they were not aware of ingots being tra11sported-Courts below and sentence was valid-Cowts below were justified i11 taki11g recourse to statutory> presumptio11 D u11der Section 138-A-Object of presumptio11 explai11ed. E F Constitution of bidia, 1950: Article 136. Supreme Court-Power to i11te1fere with fi11di11g of fact a11d to re-ap­
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