Supreme Court · 1967 INSC 137 · Decided 2 May 1967
State of Andhra Pradesh v. Madiga Boosena & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1967 INSC 137 · [1967] 3 S.C.R. 871
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 6/1965
- Decided
- 2 May 1967
- Bench
- M. HIDAYATULLAH, C.A. VAIDYIALINGAM (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
Headnote
ANDHRA PRADESH v. MADIGA BOOSENA & ORS. May 2, 1967 B [M. HIDAYATULLAH AND C. A. VAIDIALINGAM. JJ.J c D E F G H Andhra Pradesh (Andhra Area) Prohibition Act, 1937 (Act 10 of 1937) S. 4(1) (a)-Seized commodity not chemically examined-Wit­ nesses' s111ell,, if conclusive proof- The and pleaded that a mere statement by the witneS'Ses that there was a strong smell of arrack, emanating from the tins, when they were pierced was not sufficient to establish that the tins contained arrack and that the samples of the commodity should have been sent for opinion of the Chemical
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