Supreme Court · 1993 INSC 179 · Decided 4 May 1993
Forest Range Officer and ORS. v. P.MOHAMMED Ali and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1993 INSC 179 · [1993] 3 S.C.R. 497
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 420/1993
- Decided
- 4 May 1993
- Bench
- K. RAMASWAMY, R.M. SAHAI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Partly allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- CrPC Section 482
Headnote
The Kerala Forest Act, 1961: S.2 (j)-Forest Produce-Wood oil-Sandalwood oil-Held, is wood oil and a forest produce. Ss. 52,54-Forest offence-Accused-Man.ufacturinglfound in possession of sandalwood oil-Trial-Held, trial court has jurisdiction to proceed with trial. lntep!J!UUit:m of statute: oil" -S. 2 (f) of Kera/a forest Act-Interpretation of The Kerala Forest Act, 1961 regulates preservation of forests and forest produce. Section 2(t) (i) defines forest p,J'.oduce which includes wood oil. The respondents in Crl. Appeals Nos. 420-422 of 1993 were found manufacturing/in
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