Supreme Court of India
State of West Bengal and Ors. v. Sujit Kumar Rana
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For the foregoing reasons, the impugned judgment cannot be sustained which is set aside accordingly.
Judgment, page 21
From the headnote
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973: Section 482. Exercise of power under-Jurisdiction of Criminal Court barred under S. 59G of the Forest Act, 1927-However, High Court, exercising jurisdiction under S. 482, in a confiscation proceeding under the Act, ordered interim release of the vehicle-Correctness of-Held: Once a confiscation proceeding was initiated under the act jurisdiction of the criminal court stood excluded Hence, High Court exceeded its jurisdiction under S. 482-However, High Court could exercise such a power only in exercise of its power of judicial review. Exercise of power
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