Supreme Court · 1988 INSC 99 · Decided 7 April 1988
V.K. Agarwal, Assistant Collector of Customs v. Vasantraj Bhagwanji Bhatia & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1988 INSC 99 · [1988] 3 S.C.R. 450
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 169/1978
- Decided
- 7 April 1988
- Bench
- M.P. THAKKAR, K.N. SINGH (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- CrPC Section 403(1), 237, 236; Customs Act Section 135
Headnote
AGARWAL, ASSISTANT COLLECTOR OF CUSTOMS v. VASANTRAJ BHAGWANJI BHATIA & ORS. APRIL 7, 1988 [M.P. THAKKAR AND K.N. SINGH, JJ.J Gold (Control) Act, 1968-Whether acquittal of a person charged with offence under section 111 read with section 135 of Customs Act, 1969, creates a legal bar against with section 135 of the Customs Act, 1969, on the basis of recovery of primary gold from their house. Respondent No. 3 was convicted and respondents Nos. 1 & 2 were acquitted. Later, the same persons were sought to be prosecuted under section 85 of the Gold D (Control) Act, 1968 relying on
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