{"id":106399,"date":"2009-12-04T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-12-03T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/ismail-vs-the-deputy-range-officer-on-4-december-2009"},"modified":"2019-03-02T09:24:16","modified_gmt":"2019-03-02T03:54:16","slug":"ismail-vs-the-deputy-range-officer-on-4-december-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/ismail-vs-the-deputy-range-officer-on-4-december-2009","title":{"rendered":"Ismail vs The Deputy Range Officer on 4 December, 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Kerala High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Ismail vs The Deputy Range Officer on 4 December, 2009<\/div>\n<pre>       \n\n  \n\n  \n\n \n \n  IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM\n\nCrl.MC.No. 3464 of 2009()\n\n\n1. ISMAIL, AGED 52 YEARS,\n                      ...  Petitioner\n\n                        Vs\n\n\n\n1. THE DEPUTY RANGE OFFICER,\n                       ...       Respondent\n\n2. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY THE\n\n                For Petitioner  :SRI.V.SETHUNATH\n\n                For Respondent  :PUBLIC PROSECUTOR\n\nThe Hon'ble MR. Justice M.SASIDHARAN NAMBIAR\n\n Dated :04\/12\/2009\n\n O R D E R\n              M.SASIDHARAN NAMBIAR,J.\n            ===========================\n            CRL.M.C.No. 3464      OF 2009\n            ===========================\n\n     Dated this the 4th day of December,2009\n\n                        ORDER\n<\/pre>\n<p>    Petitioner   the second accused in O.R.11\/2009 of<\/p>\n<p>Plachery Police Station registered for the offence<\/p>\n<p>under section 27(1)(e)(iii) of Forest Act filed this<\/p>\n<p>petition under section 482 of the Code of Criminal<\/p>\n<p>Procedure to quash the entire case and to direct the<\/p>\n<p>first respondent to release vechile KL-14C-2843 seized<\/p>\n<p>by the Forest Authorities   on the allegation that the<\/p>\n<p>vehicle was used for transporting Anjili tree cut from<\/p>\n<p>the reserved forest.\n<\/p>\n<p>    2.   Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner<\/p>\n<p>and learned Public prosecutor were heard.<\/p>\n<p>    3.     Learned   counsel  relying  on  Annexure 2<\/p>\n<p>certificate issued by the Village Officer, Erumeli<\/p>\n<p>argued that it shows that first accused has been in<\/p>\n<p>possession of 40 cents of land Sy.No.219\/part of in<\/p>\n<p>Block 27 of Hillmen Settlement    and the Anjili trees<\/p>\n<p>were cut from the said property and not from reserved<\/p>\n<p>forest and petitioner was unaware that there is any<\/p>\n<p>prohibition for cutting the trees and he     was only<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"hidden_text\">Crl.M.C.3464\/2009              2<\/span><\/p>\n<p>engaged to transport the logs and in such circumstances<\/p>\n<p>petitioner has not committed any offence.       It is argued<\/p>\n<p>that when the allegation is that the first accused cut two<\/p>\n<p>Anjili trees standing in the Hillmen settlement      area and<\/p>\n<p>the vehicle of the petitioner was used for transporting the<\/p>\n<p>same, no offence under section 27(1)(e)(iii) is attracted.<\/p>\n<p>The argument is that in order to attract an offence under<\/p>\n<p>Section 27(1)(e)(iii) the property should be part of the<\/p>\n<p>reserve forest and when it is not a part of the reserve<\/p>\n<p>forest, no offence would lie and therefore the case is to<\/p>\n<p>be quashed.\n<\/p>\n<p>      4.   Learned Public Prosecutor pointed out that Annexure<\/p>\n<p>2 certificate produced by the petitioner itself establish<\/p>\n<p>that the 40 cents over which the first accused claimed<\/p>\n<p>possession is part of Hillmen settlement area and under<\/p>\n<p>Rule 2(e) of the Kerala Hillmen Rules, 1964 a settlement<\/p>\n<p>could only be inside the reserve forest and under Rule 13<\/p>\n<p>no Hillman shall be entitled to grant of         patta or is<\/p>\n<p>entitled to claim any land cultivated by him irrespective<\/p>\n<p>of the years he has been in occupation of the same and<\/p>\n<p>under Rule 15     though  Hillmen may fell and use any timber<\/p>\n<p>other than timber of reserved trees,it could only for bona<\/p>\n<p>fide    domestic   or   agricultural  purposes  and  in   such<\/p>\n<p>circumstances     it cannot  be   said  that  no  offence   is<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"hidden_text\">Crl.M.C.3464\/2009               3<\/span><\/p>\n<p>attracted.     It is also argued that as defined under section<\/p>\n<p>2 (a) &#8216;Hillmen&#8217; can only be a member of the tribe           or<\/p>\n<p>tribal     communities  specified  as   Scheduled  Tribes   in<\/p>\n<p>relation to the State of Kerala, by Notification and first<\/p>\n<p>accused cannot be a Hillman as defined under Rule 2(a) and<\/p>\n<p>therefore he cannot claim any right over the land or the<\/p>\n<p>tree.\n<\/p>\n<p>      5.   Section 27(1)(e)(iii) provides that any person  who<\/p>\n<p>in   a   reserved   forest  or  in  a  land  proposed  to  be<\/p>\n<p>constituted a reserve forest, cuts or fells any trees or<\/p>\n<p>removes    any   tree including  fallen  or  felled  shall  be<\/p>\n<p>punished with     imprisonment for a term which shall not be<\/p>\n<p>less than one year but may extend to five years.      Annexure<\/p>\n<p>2 certificate produced by the petitioner himself establish<\/p>\n<p>that the property from where the Anjili trees were cut is<\/p>\n<p>part of Hillmen Settlement area.        By the definition of<\/p>\n<p>Hillmen under Rule 2(a) first accused cannot be a Hillmen<\/p>\n<p>as he     is   not  a member  of  tribe  or  tribal  community<\/p>\n<p>specified as Scheduled Tribes in relation to the State by<\/p>\n<p>notification issued under Article 342 of Constitution of<\/p>\n<p>India.      So also under section 2(e) settlement means an<\/p>\n<p>approved area inside the reserve forests set apart and used<\/p>\n<p>for housing members of Hillmen.      Though under the Kerala<\/p>\n<p>Hillmen Rules, 1964 a Hillmen is provided the right to<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"hidden_text\">Crl.M.C.3464\/2009             4<\/span><\/p>\n<p>cultivate the specified property as a licensee, the land is<\/p>\n<p>not alienable and    under Rule 13  Hillmen has no right to<\/p>\n<p>get   patta    or is entitled  to  claim  any  right  except<\/p>\n<p>cultivation of the lands,   in spite of the long  period of<\/p>\n<p>his occupation.     In such circumstances when the property<\/p>\n<p>from where the Anjili trees were cut is inside the reserve<\/p>\n<p>forest, a Hillmen settlement   and it can only be treated as<\/p>\n<p>part of the reserve forest. If so it cannot be said that an<\/p>\n<p>offence under section 27(1)(e)(iii) is not attracted.     In<\/p>\n<p>such circumstances, the crime cannot be quashed as sought<\/p>\n<p>for.\n<\/p>\n<p>      6. Though learned counsel appearing for the petitioner<\/p>\n<p>submitted that the vehicle seized by the forest officials<\/p>\n<p>is to be directed to be released to the petitioner, he<\/p>\n<p>being the owner of the vehicle, when a vehicle is seized<\/p>\n<p>for involving in a      forest offence it is liable to be<\/p>\n<p>confiscated. Hence   remedy of the petitioner to get interim<\/p>\n<p>custody is to approach the appropriate authorised officer<\/p>\n<p>under section 61A for interim custody.    If an application<\/p>\n<p>is filed, appropriate order is to be passed, in accordance<\/p>\n<p>with law.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>                                     M.SASIDHARAN NAMBIAR<br \/>\n                                               JUDGE<br \/>\ntpl\/-\n<\/p>\n<pre>Crl.M.C.3464\/2009    5\n\nM.SASIDHARAN NAMBIAR, J.\n\n\n\n\n     ---------------------\n      W.P.(C).NO. \/06\n     ---------------------\n\n\n         JUDGMENT\n\n\n\n\n     SEPTEMBER,2006\n\n<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kerala High Court Ismail vs The Deputy Range Officer on 4 December, 2009 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM Crl.MC.No. 3464 of 2009() 1. ISMAIL, AGED 52 YEARS, &#8230; Petitioner Vs 1. THE DEPUTY RANGE OFFICER, &#8230; Respondent 2. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY THE For Petitioner :SRI.V.SETHUNATH For Respondent :PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-106399","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-high-court","category-kerala-high-court"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Ismail vs The Deputy Range Officer on 4 December, 2009 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court &amp; High Court | Legal India<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/ismail-vs-the-deputy-range-officer-on-4-december-2009\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ismail vs The Deputy Range Officer on 4 December, 2009 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court &amp; 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