Supreme Court · 2017 INSC 1287 · Decided 8 May 2017
The State of Madhya Pradesh & ORS. v. SMT. Kallo Bai
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2017 INSC 1287 · [2017] 4 S.C.R. 218
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 932/2017
- Decided
- 8 May 2017
- Bench
- N.V. RAMANA, PRAFULLA C. PANT (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
Headnote
Madhya Pradesh Van Upaj (Vyapar Viniyam) Adhiniyam, 1969: s.15 - Confiscation under - Of Tractor and Trolley and the forest produce - Appellate authority upheld the confiscation order -· Revisional Court held that confiscation was not permissible unless the guilt of the accused - High Court affirmed the order of Revisional Court - On appeal, held: Criminal prosecution is distinct from confiscation proceedings - The two proceedings are different and parallel, each having distinct purpose ~ The scheme of Adhiniyam prescribes an independent procedure for confiscation -
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