Supreme Court · 2001 INSC 530 · Decided 19 October 2001
Gulam Hussain Shaikh Chougule v. S. Reynolds, SUPTD. of Customs, Marmgoa
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2001 INSC 530 · [2001] SUPP. 4 S.C.R. 476
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1080/2001
- Decided
- 19 October 2001
- Bench
- D.P. MOHAPATRA, K.G. BALAKRISHNAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- CrPC Section 164; Evidence Act Section 125, 24, 25; Constitution Article 136; Customs Act Section 108, 135
Headnote
Customs Act, 1962 : Sections 108 and 135. Confessional Statement-Contraband goods-Interception of trawler­ Presence of accused on trawler-Arrest-Statement recorded by customs of-. ' .fleer-Conviction of accused held valid-Held such a statement was neither hit by Section 164 Cr.P.C. nor Section Procedure, 1973 : Section 164-Applicability of Evidence Act, 1872 : Sections 24 and 25-Applicability of. Constitution of India, 1950 : Article 136-Appeal-lnteiference with concurrent findings of fact­ Held not called for. The appellant was prosecuted under Section 135 of the Customs Act,
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