Supreme Court of India
State of Andhra Pradesh v. Korrapati Subrahmanyam and Ors.
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What the Court ordered
We hold that the loading of 18 logs of red sander-wood B and storage of 118 read sander-wood on the road margin for loading into the lorry, but for the interception, would be forest produce in transit within the meaning of Rule 3(2) of the Rule.
Judgment, page 4
From the headnote
P. Forest Act, 1967-Sections 20, 29- .P. Sandel-wood and Red sanders Wood Transit Rules, 1969-Rules 2(3) and 3-"Forest Produce in Transit''-Meaning of. On the intervening night of Feburary 14 and 15, 1978, officers of the Forest Department seized 28 logs of red sander-wood loaded in a lorry and 118 logs kept on the road side for being loaded in the lorry. The trial court found respondents guilty of offence under Section 20 read with Section 29 of Andhra Pradesh Forest Act, read with Rule 3 of Andhra Pradesh San- del-wood and Red-sanders Wood Transit Rules, 1969. The respondents were
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