{"id":201137,"date":"2010-07-29T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-07-28T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/surendran-vs-excise-inspector-on-29-july-2010"},"modified":"2015-09-02T16:23:25","modified_gmt":"2015-09-02T10:53:25","slug":"surendran-vs-excise-inspector-on-29-july-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/surendran-vs-excise-inspector-on-29-july-2010","title":{"rendered":"Surendran vs Excise Inspector on 29 July, 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Kerala High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Surendran vs Excise Inspector on 29 July, 2010<\/div>\n<pre>       \n\n  \n\n  \n\n \n \n  IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM\n\nCrl.Rev.Pet.No. 3059 of 2003()\n\n\n\n1. SURENDRAN\n                      ...  Petitioner\n\n                        Vs\n\n1. EXCISE INSPECTOR\n                       ...       Respondent\n\n                For Petitioner  :SRI.P.K.MUHAMMED\n\n                For Respondent  :PUBLIC PROSECUTOR\n\nThe Hon'ble MR. Justice M.SASIDHARAN NAMBIAR\n\n Dated :29\/07\/2010\n\n O R D E R\n             M.Sasidharan Nambiar, J.\n            --------------------------\n              Crl.R.P.No.3059 of 2003\n            --------------------------\n\n                       ORDER\n<\/pre>\n<p>    Petitioner, the accused in C.C.No.488\/1996 on<\/p>\n<p>the  file  of  Judicial  First  Class  Magistrate&#8217;s<\/p>\n<p>Court-II, Attingal, was convicted and sentenced for<\/p>\n<p>the  offence  under  Section  58   of  Abkari  Act.<\/p>\n<p>Petitioner challenged the conviction and sentence<\/p>\n<p>before Sessions Court, Thiruvananthapuram in Crl.A.<\/p>\n<p>No.393\/1998.  Learned   Sessions   Judge,  on   re-<\/p>\n<p>appreciation of evidence, confirmed the conviction<\/p>\n<p>and  sentence  and  dismissed  the  appeal.  It  is<\/p>\n<p>challenged in the revision.\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 submitted that as per the<\/p>\n<p>prosecution  case,  MO1  can,   containing  illicit<\/p>\n<p>arrack, was seized on 29.5.1996 and Exhibit P1<\/p>\n<p>mahazar, by which MO1 can was seized, does not<\/p>\n<p>disclose that any sample was taken and Exhibit P3<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"hidden_text\">CRRP 3059\/03             2<\/span><\/p>\n<p>certificate of chemical analysis shows that what<\/p>\n<p>was   received in   the  Laboratory  is  a   bottle<\/p>\n<p>containing 180 ml. of clear and colourless liquid<\/p>\n<p>and there is no evidence as to how a bottle of 180<\/p>\n<p>ml. was prepared. It was argued that though Exhibit<\/p>\n<p>P1 mahazar shows that the seized can was sealed,<\/p>\n<p>neither the mahazar nor the evidence of PW1 nor PW3<\/p>\n<p>show that any signature of the witness or the<\/p>\n<p>petitioner was obtained on the seal and in such<\/p>\n<p>circumstances, the delay in reaching the contraband<\/p>\n<p>article before the court is fatal. It was pointed<\/p>\n<p>out that there is no evidence as to when MO1 can<\/p>\n<p>reached the court and in such circumstances, based<\/p>\n<p>on   Exhibit  P3  report,   petitioner  cannot   be<\/p>\n<p>convicted and he is to be acquitted.\n<\/p>\n<p>     4. Learned Public Prosecutor submitted that<\/p>\n<p>evidence of PWs 1, 3 and 4 with Exhibit P1 mahazar<\/p>\n<p>establish that MO1 can was in the possession of the<\/p>\n<p>petitioner and Exhibit P3 report establishes that<\/p>\n<p>it was illicit arrack and therefore, the conviction<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"hidden_text\">CRRP 3059\/03             3<\/span><\/p>\n<p>is legal.\n<\/p>\n<p>     5. Exhibit P1 with the evidence of PWs 1 and 3<\/p>\n<p>show that petitioner was arrested and was released<\/p>\n<p>on bail. MO1 can was seized on 29.5.1996. Exhibit<\/p>\n<p>P1 mahazar does not show that any sample was<\/p>\n<p>prepared before MO1 can was sealed. Evidence show<\/p>\n<p>that there was no case either for PW1 or PW3 or PW4<\/p>\n<p>that any sample was prepared from MO1 can at any<\/p>\n<p>point of time. Exhibit P3 report shows that what<\/p>\n<p>was received in the Laboratory was one sealed<\/p>\n<p>bottle containing 180 ml. of clear and colourless<\/p>\n<p>liquid, allegedly to be arrack involved in Crime<\/p>\n<p>No.60\/1996 of Kazhakkoottam Excise Range. It shows<\/p>\n<p>that the seal was intact and tally with the seal<\/p>\n<p>provided. It was not shown what was the seal<\/p>\n<p>forwarded to the Laboratory.\n<\/p>\n<p>     6. There is force in the submission of the<\/p>\n<p>learned counsel appearing for the petitioner that<\/p>\n<p>in    the    absence of  any   evidence   regarding<\/p>\n<p>preparation of the sample and forwarding the same<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"hidden_text\">CRRP 3059\/03             4<\/span><\/p>\n<p>to the Laboratory, based on Exhibit P3 report, it<\/p>\n<p>cannot be said that MO1 can contained illicit<\/p>\n<p>arrack. True, Exhibit P3 report shows that the<\/p>\n<p>sample examined at the Laboratory establishes that<\/p>\n<p>it contained 26.85% by volume of ethyl alcohol. But<\/p>\n<p>the question is whether that sample was prepared<\/p>\n<p>out of the liquid found in MO1 can after its<\/p>\n<p>seizure. Exhibit P1 mahazar shows that no sample<\/p>\n<p>was prepared and instead, the can as such was<\/p>\n<p>sealed. Evidence of PWs 1, 3 and 4 do not show who<\/p>\n<p>produced MO1 can before the court or when it was<\/p>\n<p>produced. On verification of the records, it is<\/p>\n<p>clear that MO1 can was produced before the court<\/p>\n<p>along with the charge sheet dated 18.6.1996. From<\/p>\n<p>the court seal, it can be presumed that the charge<\/p>\n<p>sheet, Exhibit P1 mahazar as well as MO1 can<\/p>\n<p>reached     the court on 18.6.1996.  There  is  no<\/p>\n<p>evidence as to who has been in custody of the<\/p>\n<p>seized MO1 can from 29.5.1996, the date of its<\/p>\n<p>seizure, till it reached the court on 18.6.1996.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"hidden_text\">CRRP 3059\/03              5<\/span><\/p>\n<p>There is also no evidence to show whether it was<\/p>\n<p>kept under safe custody during that period. When<\/p>\n<p>the signature of the attesting witness or the<\/p>\n<p>petitioner was not obtained on the seal, even<\/p>\n<p>though when MO1 can reached the court there was<\/p>\n<p>seal, it cannot be said that it was the same bottle<\/p>\n<p>containing the same liquid, which was seized from<\/p>\n<p>the    petitioner  on   29.5.1996.  In   any   way,<\/p>\n<p>possibility   of  tampering cannot  be  ruled  out.<\/p>\n<p>Though, along with the final report a request made<\/p>\n<p>by PW4 to forward the sample for chemical analysis<\/p>\n<p>was also seen, it was not disclosed in evidence as<\/p>\n<p>to who prepared the sample and how it was prepared.<\/p>\n<p>In the absence of any evidence, petitioner is<\/p>\n<p>definitely entitled to contend that Exhibit P3<\/p>\n<p>report is not a report prepared on examination of<\/p>\n<p>the sample taken from MO1 can. If that be so, on<\/p>\n<p>that short ground, conviction is to be set aside.<\/p>\n<p>     Revision   is  allowed.   Conviction  of   the<\/p>\n<p>petitioner for the offence under Section 58 of<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"hidden_text\">CRRP 3059\/03             6<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Abkari Act in C.C.No.488\/1996, as confirmed in<\/p>\n<p>Crl.A.No.393\/1998,  is  set  aside.  Petitioner is<\/p>\n<p>found not guilty of the offence. He is acquitted.<\/p>\n<p>The bail bond executed by him stands cancelled.<\/p>\n<p>29th July, 2010       (M.Sasidharan Nambiar, Judge)<br \/>\ntkv<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kerala High Court Surendran vs Excise Inspector on 29 July, 2010 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM Crl.Rev.Pet.No. 3059 of 2003() 1. SURENDRAN &#8230; Petitioner Vs 1. EXCISE INSPECTOR &#8230; Respondent For Petitioner :SRI.P.K.MUHAMMED For Respondent :PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Hon&#8217;ble MR. Justice M.SASIDHARAN NAMBIAR Dated :29\/07\/2010 O R D E R M.Sasidharan Nambiar, [&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-201137","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>Surendran vs Excise Inspector on 29 July, 2010 - 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\/surendran-vs-excise-inspector-on-29-july-2010\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Surendran vs Excise Inspector on 29 July, 2010 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court &amp; 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