Supreme Court of India

State of West Bengal and Ors. v. Sujit Kumar Rana

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Reported as [2004] 1 S.C.R. 870
Bench Doraiswamy Raju and S.B. Sinha JJ.
Decided 20 January 2004

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What the Court ordered

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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