Supreme Court · 1968 INSC 288 · Decided 31 October 1968
Illias v. Collector of Customs, Madras
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1968 INSC 288 · [1969] 2 S.C.R. 613
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 45/1967
- Decided
- 31 October 1968
- Bench
- J.C. SHAH, V. RAMASWAMI, G.K. MITTER, K.S. HEGDE, A.N. GROVER (5-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 135; CrPC Section 160, 161, 173, 190(a), 162; Evidence Act Section 25; Constitution; Customs Act
Headnote
. Evidence Act (I of 1872), s. 25-Police officer-If customs officials und£r Customs Act 52 of 1962 are police officers-Test for determining. The appellant along with others was charged with various offences relating to traosport of gold. Their confessional statements recorded by customs aod 108 were sought to be given in evidence at the trial. On the question, whether the customs authorities should be deemed to be police officers, and therefore, the statements were inadmissible by reason of s. 25 of the Evidence Act, HELD : Under Customs Act, 1962, the customs authorities have
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