Supreme Court · 1967 INSC 88 · Decided 4 April 1967
Jamatraj Kewalji Govani v. The State of Maharashtra
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1967 INSC 88 · [1967] 3 S.C.R. 415
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 217/1966
- Decided
- 4 April 1967
- Bench
- M. HIDAYATULLAH, S.M. SIKRI, C.A. VAIDYIALINGAM (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- CrPC Section 540, 342; Customs Act Section 123, 105, 135(a), 135(b)
Headnote
0 H JAMATRAJ KEWALJI GOVANI v. THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA · April 4, 1967 [M, HIDAYATULLAH, s. M. Snau AND c. A. VAIDIALINGAM, JJ.J .Criminal Procedure Code, 1898, s. 540-wltness called by court at imtance of prosecution after defence case closed-witness deposing to reasonable belief case. Upon a .warrant issued under s. 105 of the Customs Act, 1962, the appellant&' shop was searched and a number of watches, clocks, etc., were seized. As he could not prove that the goods had borne the necessary customs duty, the appellant was prosecuted on two counts under ss. 135(a) and
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