Supreme Court · 2005 INSC 224 · Decided 21 April 2005
Mukhtiar Ahmed Ansari v. State (N.C.T. of Delhi)
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2005 INSC 224 · [2005] 3 S.C.R. 797
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 325/2003
- Decided
- 21 April 2005
- Bench
- B.N. AGRAWAL, C.K. THAKKER (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 364A, 365, 387; CrPC; Arms Act Section 25, 25(lB)
Headnote
B Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act, 1987-Sections 5 & 20A-Arms Act, 1959-Section 25(/B)-Conviction of appellant for consciously possessingfire arms and ammunitions without licence in a"notified area"-Conviction under both TADA and the Arms Act-Propriety of-On C under S.20A(J) for recording FIR under TADA was not obtained-On merits too, the Designated Court erred in passing conviction-It wrongly placed reliance upon facts of a kidnapping case in which appellant was already acquitted~Besides, D prosecution case was not proved beyond reasonable
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