Supreme Court of India

Badku Joti Savant v. State of Mysore

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Reported as [1966] 3 S.C.R. 698

Bench P.B. Gajendragadkar J.

Decided 1 March 1966

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We are of the opinion that mere confer ment of powers of investigation into criminal offences under s. 9 • of the Act does not make the Central Excise Officer a police officer even in the broader view mentioned above.

Judgment, page 7

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