Supreme Court · 2004 INSC 487 · Decided 31 August 2004
DY. Commissioner of Prohibition and Excise, Nizamabad Division, Nizamabad, Andhra Pradesh and ANR. v. M/S. Balaji Cattle Feeds and ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2004 INSC 487 · [2004] SUPP. 3 S.C.R. 1002
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1182/2003
- Decided
- 31 August 2004
- Bench
- S.N. VARIAVA, ARIJIT PASAYAT (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- CrPC Section 482; Constitution Article 226
Headnote
Constitution of India, 1950 : Article 226-Writ petition-Seeking to quash criminal proceedings­ Tanker containing molasses seized and criminal proceedings initiated against claimants-High Court quashing the proceedings and directing release of articles-Held, whether the and to D be collected during investigation would substantiate the accusation is a matter of trial-High Court not justified in quashing the proceedings­ Andhra Pradesh Excise Act, 1968-Andhra Pradesh Prohibition Act, 1995. The High Court in a writ petition quashed the proceedings E initiated
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