Supreme Court · 1968 INSC 66 · Decided 13 March 1968
State of Gujarat v. Chinubhai Gopaldas
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1968 INSC 66 · [1968] 3 S.C.R. 447
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 162/1965
- Decided
- 13 March 1968
- Bench
- M. HIDAYATULLAH, C.A. VAIDYIALINGAM, A.N. GROVER (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
Headnote
Bombay Prohibition Act, ss. 66(b) and 98-Acquittal of person charged with offence under s. 66( b )-Properly in respect of which offeirce committed may still be confisccted under s. 98. A stock of bottles apparently containin~ cosmetic preparations was iound from the possession of the respondent On to eo'htain alcohol and as the respondent did not have any licence for possessiitg alcohol he was pro­ llOCUled under s. 66(b) of the Bombay Prohibition Act. The trying Magis­ trate acquitted him on the ground that he did not hold the bottles on his own but only as the agent of a
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