Supreme Court of India
State of Kerala & Anr. v. P.V. Mathew (dead) by L.rs.
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What the Court ordered
We are of the view that the District Court has rightly held that "the fact that offences punishable under other analogous statutes have been committed in respect of ivory which is the property of the Government cannot expose the c appellant's vehicle to the consequence of confiscation under Section 61A of the Act".
Judgment, page 11
From the headnote
KERALA FOREST ACT, 1961: s.52 read with s.2(f) (as amended by Amendment Act 23 c of 1974), s,61 (as inserted by Amendment Act 28 of 1975 and s. 69 - Confiscation of vehicle used in committ:ng a forest offence - Vehicle confiscated on the allegation that the same was used by the offenders to go to the forest to kill an elephant and to transport the tusks therein - Held: It is significant to note that the definition of ''forest produce" in s. 2(f) does not include any part of living or dead wild animals which is being taken care of by the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972 - Consequent to the
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