Supreme Court of India

State of Andhra Pradesh v. Goloconda Linga Swamy and Anr.

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Reported as [2004] SUPP. 3 S.C.R. 147

Bench S.N. Variava J.

Decided 27 July 2004

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From the headnote

Code of Criminal procedure, 1973; Section 482/Andhra Pradesh Excise Act, 1968/Andhra Pradesh Prohibitibn Act, 1995 : Allegations of transporting/storing black jaggery/molasses to manu facture illicit liquor-Petition for quashing first information report- Allowing by High Court-On appeal, Held: Exercise of power under Section 482 of the Code is an exception and not the rule-High Court could look into the materials/evidence to find out whether any offence has been made out or not-However, Courts should be circumspect and judicious in exercising the discretion. Legal Maxims: Maxim 'quando lex

Where later benches applied it

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2022 Musstt Rehana Begum v. State of Assam & Anr. relied on
2021 Neeharika Infrastructure Pvt. Ltd. v. State of Maharashtra and Others relied on
2025 Kim Wansoo v. State of Uttar Pradesh & Ors. referred to
2023 Mohammad Wajid and Anr. v. State of U.P. and Ors. referred to
2023 Chanchalpati Das v. The State of West Bengal & Anr. referred to
2018 Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association & Anr. v. State of Himachal Pradesh & Ors. referred to
2013 Rajiv Thapar & Ors. v. Madan Lal Kapoor referred to
2024 Apoorva Arora & Anr. Etc. v. State (govt. of Nct of Delhi) & Anr. mentioned
2013 Umesh Kumar v. State of Andhra Pradesh & Anr mentioned
2004 Dy. Commissioner of Prohibition and Excise, Nizamabad Division, Nizamabad, Andhra Pradesh and Anr. v. M/s. Balaji Cattle Feeds and Anr. mentioned

Of those, 3 relied on · 5 referred to · 3 mentioned

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