Supreme Court · 1962 INSC 101 · Decided 16 March 1962

Pukhraj v. D.R. Kohli

Court
Supreme Court of India
Citation
1962 INSC 101 · [1962] SUPP. 3 S.C.R. 866
Case number
CIVIL APPEAL No. 511/1960
Decided
16 March 1962
Bench
T.L. VENKATARAMA AIYYAR, J.L. KAPUR, P.B. GAJENDRAGADKAR (3-judge bench)
Outcome
Dismissed
Case type
Civil
Acts & sections cited
Constitution; Customs Act Section 19

Headnote

866 SUPRE:IIE COURT REPORTS (1962] SuPP. PUKHRAJ v. D.R. KOHLI (J. L. KAl'UR, P. B. G,1.JE~llJ:AGAllJ\,1H and T. L. VE>;KATARA)!A AJYA!t, JJ.) S1nugylr.rl Gold----St-izur(;-/)re.~untpfion of icing s1wuyylcil -llea.sonalile l1elicf, tl'/1cn justifie:d-(,'onfi~~cation-Lu.Jtlfily oj­ If appellant, a golds1nith, ,vhilc tra\'elling in a train fron1 Calcutta was searched and fou11cl to be in posscs:iiun of gold weighing 290.6 tolas val11ecl at Rs 2~,835. The gold was seized as it was reasonahly believed to be s1nuggled gold. After ~ervice of a ::.ho\Y COluse notice and after due

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