Supreme Court · 1976 INSC 211 · Decided 7 September 1976
Triveni Prasad Ramkaran Verma v. The State of Maharashtra
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1976 INSC 211 · [1977] 1 S.C.R. 519
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 264/1971
- Decided
- 7 September 1976
- Bench
- P.N. BHAGWATI, S. MURTAZA FAZAL ALI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Partly allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- Customs Act Section 126H(2)(d), 111, 107, 135(ii)
Headnote
519 Gold Control Rules, 1963, w/1ether b1c/udes smuggled gold within their ambit. The appellant was found carrying smuggled gold with foreign markings, con­ cealed on his person. He was convicted by the Presidency Magistrate under Section 135(b) read with Section 135(ii) of the Customs Act, Gold Control Rules, 1965. the High Court upheld the convictions. The appellant contended that th~ gold allegedly recovered from him was smuggled gold, and hence not covered by the Gold Control Rules, 1963. Dismissing the appeal the Court, HELD : The Gold Control Rules, 1963, seek to control and
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