Supreme Court · 1968 INSC 292 · Decided 4 November 1968
State of Andhra Pradesh v. Yedla Perraya
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1968 INSC 292 · [1969] 2 S.C.R. 623
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 195/1966
- Decided
- 4 November 1968
- Bench
- J.C. SHAH, V. RAMASWAMI, A.N. GROVER (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- CrPC Section 520; Constitution
Headnote
623 Andhra Pradesh Forest Act (A.P. 5 of 1882), ss. 43 and 47-Lorry used in illicit transport oj timber-Owner of lorry ignora111 of such user­ Whether Jorry could be directed to be confiscated-Difference in powers of the trial and app,el/ate courts. The respondent's Jorry was used by the for illicit traosport of forest timber worth more than Rs. 50. The driver and the other person were convicted for offences under ss. 35 and 36 of the Andhra Pradesh Forest Act, 1882, and the magistrate directed confiscation of the lorry under s. 43 of the Act as amended by Act 11 of 1963. The
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