Supreme Court of India

State of Maharashtra v. Vishwanath Tukaram Umale & Ors.

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Reported as [1980] 1 S.C.R. 190
Bench R.S. Sarkaria J.
Decided 2 August 1979

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c Railway Property (Unlawful Possession) Act, 1966-S. 3-Conviction under-"Possession of property need not be a subsisting possession."-Suf]icient if accused proved to "have been in possession" of property at any point of time. Indian Penal Code-S. 379-Transfer of possession of the property however tran,sient, lln essential ingredient of an offence of theft. Section 3 of the Railway Property (Unlawful Possession) Act, 1966 pro­ vides penalty for unlawful possession of railway property, the essential require.­ ments being (1) the property in question should be railway property (2) it should

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