Supreme Court of India

The State of Uttar Pradesh v. Hafiz Mohammad Ismail and Hafiz Jawed Ali

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Reported as [1960] 2 S.C.R. 911
Bench Syed Jaffer Imam J.
Decided 9 February 1960

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Criminal Trial-Counterfeit trade mark-Wrappers and labels of soap made to resemble those of another soap-If Counterfeit­ Indian Penal Code, I86o (XLV of I86o). ss. 28 and 486. The respondents were found selling counterfeit Sunlight and Lifebuoy soaps and were prosecuted under s. 486 of the Indian Penal Code. The Magistrate found that the resemblance between the wrappers and labels in which the soaps were being sold and those of the genuine soaps was such that a person may be deceived by it and convicted the respondents. An appeal to the Sessions Judge was dismissed. On revisl.on the High

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