Supreme Court of India

Mohd. Akhtar Hussain Alias Ibrahim Ahmed Bhatti v. Assistant Collector of Customs (prevention) Ahmedabad & Ors.

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Reported as [1988] SUPP. 2 S.C.R. 747

Bench G.L. Oza and K. Jagannatha Shetty JJ.

Decided 31 August 1988

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What the Court ordered

In the result, we allow the appeal, set aside the judgment of the High Court and restore that df the trial court.

Judgment, page 8

From the headnote

Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 427-Sentence Concurrent or consecutive-Principles to be followed. The appellant was charged under section 85(l)(ii) of the Gold (Control) Act, 1968 pursuant to seizure of 7,000 tolas of foreign mark gold from his possession. He pleaded guilty to the charge and was convicted and sentenced to the maximum punishment of imprisonment for 7 years and tine of Rs. IO lakhs prescribed under the Act. On appeal, c the High Court confirmed that ,sentence but reduced the tine to Rs.5 Iakhs. The Supreme Court confirmed the sentence in a special leave petition tiled

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