Supreme Court · 1971 INSC 80 · Decided 16 March 1971
Percy Rustomji Basta v. State of Maharasiitra
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1971 INSC 80 · [1971] SUPP. 1 S.C.R. 35
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 267/1968
- Decided
- 16 March 1971
- Bench
- C.A. VAIDYIALINGAM, A.N. RAY (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 193, 228, 135; Evidence Act Section 24, 25; Customs Act Section 108, 135
Headnote
BASTA v. STATE OF MAHARASIITRA March 16, 1971 [C. A. VAIDIALINGAM AND A. N. RAY, JJ.J Customs Act, 1962-S. 108-lnquiry under-Statement made to cus­ toms officers-Admissibility in evidence-Evidence Act, s. 24-Person against whom inquiry being held not "accused person" within the of his conviction on the ground that bis state- ment to the customs authorities made on a summons issued under s. l 08 of the Act and on which the conviction was substantially based was not admissible in evidence in vie\\'· of s 24 of the Evidence Act. It was con­ tended that the
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