Supreme Court of India

Gulam Hussain Shaikh Chougule v. S. Reynolds, Suptd. of Customs, Marmgoa

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Reported as [2001] SUPP. 4 S.C.R. 476
Bench D.P. Mohapatra and K.G. Balakrishnan JJ.
Decided 19 October 2001

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What the Court ordered

We hold that a statement recorded by Customs Officers under Section 108 of the Customs Act is admissible in evidence.

Judgment, page 7

From the headnote

Customs Act, 1962 : Sections 108 and 135. Confessional Statement-Contraband goods-Interception of trawler­ Presence of accused on trawler-Arrest-Statement recorded by customs of-. ' .fleer-Conviction of accused held valid-Held such a statement was neither hit by Section 164 Cr.P. . nor Section 125 Evidence Act. Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 : Section 164-Applicability of Evidence Act, 1872 : Sections 24 and 25-Applicability of. Constitution of India, 1950 : Article 136-Appeal-lnteiference with concurrent findings of fact­ Held not called for. The appellant was prosecuted under Section 135

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 1 relied on · 1 mentioned

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