Supreme Court · 1988 INSC 257 · Decided 31 August 1988
MOHD. Akhtar Hussain Alias Ibrahim Ahmed Bhatti v. Assistant Collector of Customs (Prevention) Ahmedabad & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1988 INSC 257 · [1988] SUPP. 2 S.C.R. 747
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 467/1988
- Decided
- 31 August 1988
- Bench
- G.L. OZA, K. JAGANNATHA SHETTY (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- CrPC Section 427; Customs Act Section 135
Headnote
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 427-Sentence­ Concurrent or consecutive-Principles to be followed. The appellant was charged under section 85(l)(ii) of the Gold (Control) Act, 1968 pursuant to seizure of 7,000 tolas of foreign mark gold from his possession. He pleaded guilty to the to the maximum punishment of imprisonment for 7 years and tine of Rs. IO lakhs prescribed under the Act. On appeal, A B c the High Court confirmed that ,sentence but reduced the tine to Rs.5 D Iakhs. The Supreme Court confirmed the sentence in a special leave petition tiled by the
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