Supreme Court · 1979 INSC 23 · Decided 30 January 1979
Sevantilal Karsondas Modi v. State of Maharashtra & Another
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1979 INSC 23 · [1979] 2 S.C.R. 1160
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 196/1973
- Decided
- 30 January 1979
- Bench
- S. MURTAZA FAZAL ALI, A.D. KOSHAL (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- CrPC; Evidence Act Section 24; Customs Act Section 135
Headnote
Evidence Act 1872 (I of 1872)-S. 24--Accused alleged that ht wa• a5saufrl'd by Custo1::s Officials-No direct cvide1~cc available-Surrounding cir­ c111n.\ttt1:ce'I-lj could be taken into accou11t--Cu~u11ns Officials lvhether person in t111thori!y- -Confrssion made to customs gold was stored in it. a large num- C ber of senior officials of the Customs Department surrounded the flat belong­ ing to the brother-in-la\V of the appellant and started searching it. According to the prosecution, while the search was on, the appellant was found peeping· from
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