Supreme Court · 1979 INSC 61 · Decided 6 March 1979

Superintendent and Legal Remembrancer of Legal Affairs to the GOVT. of West Bengal v. Abani Maity

Court: Supreme Court of India
Citation: 1979 INSC 61 · [1979] 3 S.C.R. 472
Case number: CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 57/1972
Decided: 6 March 1979
Bench: R.S. SARKARIA, P.S. KAILASAM, O. CHINNAPPA REDDY (3-judge bench)
Outcome: Appeal(s) allowed
Case type: Criminal

Headnote

AND LEGAL REMEMBRANCER OF B c D E' F G· H LEGAL AFFAIRS TO THE GOVT. OF WEST BENGAL v. ABANI MAITY March 6, 1979 (R. S. SARKARIA, P. S. KA!LASAM AND 0. CHINNAPPA REDDY, JJ.J Bengal Excise Act, 1909-Ss. 63 and 64-Seope of. Interpretation of Statutres-"Shall be liable to under the Act had been committed, the intoxicant material and the means Gy which such offence had been committed "shall be //able to coff. fiscation'. Section 64( 1) provides that when the Magistrate decides that an.r thing is liable to confiscation under s. 63 he may either order

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