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PETITIONER: LEO ROY FREY
Vs.
RESPONDENT: THE SUPERINTENDENT, DISTRICT JAIL,AMRITSAR, AND ANOTHER(and
DATE OF JUDGMENT: 31/10/1957
BENCH: DAS, SUDHI RANJAN (CJ) BENCH: DAS, SUDHI RANJAN (CJ) AIYYAR, T.L. VENKATARAMA DAS, S.K. SARKAR, A.K. BOSE, VIVIAN
CITATION: 1958 AIR 119 1958 SCR 822
ACT: Sea Customs-Award of confiscation and Penalty-If a bar to prosecution for criminal conspiracy-Sea Customs Act, 1878 (VIII of 1878), ss. 167(8), 186-Indian Penal Code (Act XLV of 1860),s.120B-Constitution of India, Art. 20(2).
HEADNOTE: The petitioners were found guilty under s. 167(8) of the Sea Customs Act and the currency and other goods recovered from their possession were confiscated and heavy personal penalties imposed on them by the Collector of Central Excise and Land Customs. Complaints were thereafter lodged against them by the Customs authorities before the Additional District Magistrate under s. 120B of the Indian Penal Code, read with S. 23/23B of the Foreign Exchange Regulations Act, 1947, and s. i67(8i) of the Sea Customs Act, as also under other sections of the two latter Acts. The Magistrate granted bail but they could not furnish the requisite security and were, therefore, kept in judicial custody. By two petitions under Art. 32...