Supreme Court · 1965 INSC 208 · Decided 8 October 1965
Ratan Lal v. The State of Maharashtra
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1965 INSC 208 · [1966] 2 S.C.R. 142
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 53/1964
- Decided
- 8 October 1965
- Bench
- P.B. GAJENDRAGADKAR, K.N. WANCHOO, M. HIDAYATULLAH, J.C. SHAH, S.M. SIKRI (5-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
Headnote
Bombay Prohibition Act, 1949, ss. 66(1)(b), 6A(7), 24A and 59A­ Possession of medicinal preparations containing liquor in excess of 12%­ Deemed unfit for use as intaxz'cating liquor on date of attac/1ment-Suhse­ quently declared fit for use as intoxicating liquor-Whether offence under s. 66(1)(b) of the Bombay Prohibition Act, 1949, for being in possession on September 21, t960 of bottles of two different Ayurvedic medicinal preparations con­ taining 52.3% and 54.5% alcohol respectively. The appellant's case that possession of the preparations by him was not in
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