Supreme Court · 2003 INSC 419 · Decided 25 August 2003
The State of Bihar and ANR. v. Kedar Sao and ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2003 INSC 419 · [2003] SUPP. 2 S.C.R. 974
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 231/1996
- Decided
- 25 August 2003
- Bench
- DORAISWAMY RAJU, H.K. SEMA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Partly allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution
Headnote
Indian Forest Act, 1927 and Amendments made thereunder by the Bihar Amendment Act 9 of 1990; Section 52/Bihar Forest Produce (Regulation of c Trade) Act, 1984; Sections 15 and 32: • Seizure of illicit forest produce with trucks-Authority ordered confiscation of trucks-Affirmed by the authorities had no power under the Indian Forest Act lo confiscate the vehicle-Exercise of power by the authorities s- D under the Bihar Amendment Act; vis-a-vis the Central Act-Held: The object underlying these Acis are distinct and separate-Nature of offences under Acts are wholly
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