{"id":244398,"date":"2008-10-07T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-10-06T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/t-t-thomas-vs-state-of-kerala-on-7-october-2008"},"modified":"2018-01-15T03:04:11","modified_gmt":"2018-01-14T21:34:11","slug":"t-t-thomas-vs-state-of-kerala-on-7-october-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/t-t-thomas-vs-state-of-kerala-on-7-october-2008","title":{"rendered":"T.T.Thomas vs State Of Kerala on 7 October, 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"
Kerala High Court<\/div>\n
T.T.Thomas vs State Of Kerala on 7 October, 2008<\/div>\n
       \n\n  \n\n  \n\n \n \n  IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM\n\nCrl.Rev.Pet.No. 198 of 2008()\n\n\n1. T.T.THOMAS, S\/O.T.K.THOMAS,\n                      ...  Petitioner\n\n                        Vs\n\n\n\n1. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY PUBLIC\n                       ...       Respondent\n\n2. G.ASOKA KUMAR, DRUGS INSPECTOR,\n\n                For Petitioner  :SRI.K.S.HARIHARAPUTHRAN\n\n                For Respondent  :PUBLIC PROSECUTOR\n\nThe Hon'ble MR. Justice M.SASIDHARAN NAMBIAR\n\n Dated :07\/10\/2008\n\n O R D E R\n              M.SASIDHARAN NAMBIAR,J.\n            ===========================\n            Crl.R.P. NO.198     OF 2008\n            ===========================\n\n      Dated this the 7th day of October,2008\n\n                       ORDER\n<\/pre>\n
    Petitioner  was   concurrently  convicted   and<\/p>\n
sentenced for the offence under section 3(a) of<\/p>\n
Kerala Drugs and Other Stores (Unlawful Possession)<\/p>\n
Act by Chief Judicial Magistrate, Pathanamthitta.<\/p>\n
Conviction   and   sentence   were   confirmed   by<\/p>\n
Additional  Sessions   Judge,   Pathanamthitta   in<\/p>\n
Crl.A.143\/2006.   The conviction and sentence are<\/p>\n
challenged in this petition filed under section 397<\/p>\n
read  with  section    401  of  Code   of  Criminal<\/p>\n
Procedure.\n<\/p>\n
    2.   Prosecution case was that PW2    the Drug<\/p>\n
Inspector, Pathanamthitta during 2001 along with<\/p>\n
PW1 another Drug Inspector  on 8.4.2002 at about 7<\/p>\n
p.m  inspected the wholesale    sale drug store by<\/p>\n
name  Premier  Pharma  Lines  housed  in   building<\/p>\n
No.4\/458,   K.K.    Road,Kozhencherry.       During<\/p>\n
inspection  they found 250     I.V. canulas   meant<\/p>\n
CRRP 198\/2008               2<\/span><\/p>\n
exclusively for the use of Government institutions<\/p>\n
inside the shop.      PW1 found sticker   pasted over<\/p>\n
the label of each I.V canulas and in the stickers<\/p>\n
it was printed as Rs.48\/- inclusive of all taxes.<\/p>\n
PW1 removed the stickers.         It was found that<\/p>\n
beneath      the  sticker  it   was  printed   Kerala<\/p>\n
Government Supply.     PW2 seized 250 Nos.I.V canulas<\/p>\n
after preparing Ext.P5 mahazar.      PW2 furnished a<\/p>\n
copy     of   Ext.P5  to   petitioner  and  got   his<\/p>\n
acknowledgement.      PW2 seized all the 250 I.V.<\/p>\n
Canulas.       PW2 also seized Ext.P4 bill book which<\/p>\n
was available in the shop, wherein the original<\/p>\n
bill was pasted in the carbon copy at page 1899.<\/p>\n
In the      original bill, Rs.120\/- was noted.   When<\/p>\n
the original bill found pasted was removed, it was<\/p>\n
found that the carbon copy of the bill showed an<\/p>\n
amount as Rs.38,700\/-.       The prosecution case is<\/p>\n
that I.V canulas seized from the shop of the<\/p>\n
petitioner are exclusively meant for the use       at<\/p>\n
Government Hospitals and     petitioner has committed<\/p>\n
the offence under section 3(a) of the Kerala Drugs<\/p>\n
CRRP 198\/2008             3<\/span><\/p>\n
and Others Stores (Unlawful Possession) Act. PW2<\/p>\n
lodged the complaint     which was taken cognizance<\/p>\n
by learned Magistrate.    When   particulars of the<\/p>\n
offence     was read over   and  explained  to   the<\/p>\n
petitioner, he pleaded not guilty.   On the side of<\/p>\n
the prosecution Pws. 1 to 3 were examined and MO1<\/p>\n
series the I.V canulas seized from the shop of the<\/p>\n
petitioner were identified.     Exts.P1 to P9 were<\/p>\n
also marked.   On the side of the defence Ext.D1 one<\/p>\n
page of Ext.P4 bill book was marked.     No witness<\/p>\n
was examined for defence.     Learned Magistrate on<\/p>\n
the evidence found that M01 series of canulas   were<\/p>\n
sent by the manufacturers Eastern Medikits Ltd as<\/p>\n
proved by Ext.P7 reply    for the use of Government<\/p>\n
Hospitals alone and    they cannot be sold outside.<\/p>\n
Learned Magistrate also found that evidence of PW2<\/p>\n
supported by    PW1  establish that PW2 accompanied<\/p>\n
by PW1 inspected the wholesale drug store         at<\/p>\n
Kozhencherry and seized MO1 series under Ext.P5<\/p>\n
mahazar and    M01 series were in the possession of<\/p>\n
petitioner and he could not give any explanation<\/p>\n
CRRP 198\/2008               4<\/span><\/p>\n
for their possession and      petitioner committed the<\/p>\n
offence     under section 3(a) of the Kerala  Act. He<\/p>\n
was   convicted and sentenced to simple imprisonment<\/p>\n
for    three months and a fine of Rs.1000\/- and in<\/p>\n
default      simple   imprisonment   for   ten   days.<\/p>\n
Petitioner challenged the conviction and sentence<\/p>\n
in Crl.A.143\/2006.       Learned Additional Sessions<\/p>\n
Judge reappreciated the evidence and confirmed the<\/p>\n
conviction and sentence.     It is challenged in this<\/p>\n
revision.\n<\/p>\n
     3.     Learned counsel appearing for petitioner<\/p>\n
was heard.\n<\/p>\n
     4.     Learned counsel argued  that courts below<\/p>\n
did not properly appreciate the evidence and based<\/p>\n
on Ext.P5 mahazar and the evidence of Pws.1 and 2,<\/p>\n
it should not have been found that petitioner was<\/p>\n
in possession of MO1 series of I.V canulas and no<\/p>\n
independent witness was examined.        It was also<\/p>\n
argued that     provisions of Section 5(2) of the Act<\/p>\n
was not complied with and in such circumstance,<\/p>\n
conviction     is not sustainable.\n<\/p>\n
CRRP 198\/2008             5<\/span><\/p>\n
     5. Learned Public Prosecutor submitted that<\/p>\n
both   the   trial  court and  the appellate  court<\/p>\n
appreciated the evidence in the proper perspective<\/p>\n
and   appreciation of evidence was not perverse and<\/p>\n
there is no reason to reappreciate the evidence and<\/p>\n
even if evidence is reappreciated, findings of<\/p>\n
courts below is perfectly correct and   there is no<\/p>\n
reason     to  interfere with  the  conviction  and<\/p>\n
sentence.\n<\/p>\n
     6.     Section 3 of the Kerala Drugs and Other<\/p>\n
Stores (Unlawful Possession) Act,1971(hereinafter<\/p>\n
referred to as the Act) provides     punishment for<\/p>\n
unlawful possession of drugs or other stores.    As<\/p>\n
defined under clause (a) of Section 2 of the Act,<\/p>\n
all medicines for internal or external use of human<\/p>\n
beings or animals and all substances intended to be<\/p>\n
used for or in the diagnosis, treatment, mitigation<\/p>\n
or prevention of disease in human beings or animals<\/p>\n
and such substances (other than food)intended to<\/p>\n
affect the structure or any function of the human<\/p>\n
body or intended to be used for the destruction of<\/p>\n
CRRP 198\/2008             6<\/span><\/p>\n
vermin or insects which cause disease in human<\/p>\n
beings or animals as may be specified from time to<\/p>\n
time by the Government    including  such substances<\/p>\n
which have been specified by the Central Government<\/p>\n
under section 3(b)(ii) of    the Drugs and Cosmetics<\/p>\n
Act, 1940 before the commencement of Act are drugs.<\/p>\n
As defined under clause (d) of Section 2, “Other<\/p>\n
stores” includes articles of linen instruments or<\/p>\n
appliances acquired by the Health Department, the<\/p>\n
Animal Husbandry Department or the Department of<\/p>\n
Indigenous Medicine of the Government of Kerala<\/p>\n
and having such seal or mark as may be notified by<\/p>\n
the Government in this behalf indicating that they<\/p>\n
belong     to the   Health Department,  the   Animal<\/p>\n
Husbandry     Department  or   the   Department  of<\/p>\n
Indigenous Medicine of the Government of Kerala.<\/p>\n
The evidence of Pws. 1 to 3 with M01 series<\/p>\n
conclusively   establish  that  M01  series  of  I.V<\/p>\n
canulas contained the seal indicating that they<\/p>\n
belong to the Health Department of    Government of<\/p>\n
Kerala. Evidence of PW2 establish that to ascertain<\/p>\n
CRRP 198\/2008              7<\/span><\/p>\n
the facts, he addressed the manufacturers Eastern<\/p>\n
Medikits Ltd and Ext.P7 reply received conclusively<\/p>\n
prove that MO1 series were supplied by the Company<\/p>\n
to Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram and they are<\/p>\n
other stores as defined under section 2(d) of the<\/p>\n
Act.\n<\/p>\n
     7. Section 3 of the Act reads:-\n<\/p>\n
         “3.  Unlawful  possession of<\/p>\n
         drugs or other stores:- If<\/p>\n
         any person is found or is<\/p>\n
         proved  to   have   been   in<\/p>\n
         possession of-<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
<\/blockquote>\n
         (a) any drug having any seal<\/p>\n
         or mark on it or on packages<\/p>\n
         or     containers     thereof<\/p>\n
         indicating that it belongs to<\/p>\n
         the  Health  Department,  the<\/p>\n
         Animal  Husbandry  Department<\/p>\n
         or    the    Department    of<\/p>\n
         Indigenous  Medicine  of  the<\/p>\n
         Government  of   Kerala,   or<\/p>\n
CRRP 198\/2008              8<\/span><\/p>\n
         having  such  seal  or   mark<\/p>\n
         removed, defaced or in any<\/p>\n
         manner tampered with; or<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
         (b)  other  stores  including<\/p>\n
         such stores the seal or mark<\/p>\n
         over which has been removed,<\/p>\n
         defaced  or  in  any   manner<\/p>\n
         tampered with, and which is<\/p>\n
         or are reasonably suspected<\/p>\n
         of being stolen or unlawfully<\/p>\n
         obtained, such person shall,<\/p>\n
         if    he    cannot    account<\/p>\n
         satisfactorily as to how he<\/p>\n
         came into possession thereof,<\/p>\n
         be punished with imprisonment<\/p>\n
         for a term which shall not be<\/p>\n
         less  than  six  months   but<\/p>\n
         which may extend to two years<\/p>\n
         and with find which shall not<\/p>\n
         be  less  than  one  thousand<\/p>\n
         rupees.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
CRRP 198\/2008              9<\/span><\/p>\n
         Provided that the court may<\/p>\n
         for any adequate and special<\/p>\n
         reasons to be mentioned in<\/p>\n
         the    judgment,  impose    a<\/p>\n
         sentence of imprisonment for<\/p>\n
         a   term  of  less  than  six<\/p>\n
         months or of fine of less<\/p>\n
         than one thousand rupees or<\/p>\n
         of both imprisonment for a<\/p>\n
         term of less than six months<\/p>\n
         and fine of less than one<\/p>\n
         thousand rupees.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Under section 3, if any person is found or is<\/p>\n
proved to have been in possession of any drug<\/p>\n
having any seal or mark on it or on packages or<\/p>\n
containers thereof indicating that it belongs to<\/p>\n
the Health Department or having such seal removed,<\/p>\n
defaced or in any manner tampered with and which<\/p>\n
is or reasonably suspected of being stolen or<\/p>\n
unlawfully obtained,     such  person shall, if  he<\/p>\n
cannot account satisfactorily as to     how he came<\/p>\n
CRRP 198\/2008            10<\/span><\/p>\n
into     possession  thereof,  be   punished   with<\/p>\n
imprisonment for a term which shall not be less<\/p>\n
than six months but which may extend to two years<\/p>\n
or with fine which shall not be less than one<\/p>\n
thousand rupees. The proviso enables the court to<\/p>\n
award a lesser sentence than the minimum      after<\/p>\n
recording    adequate and  special  reasons to   be<\/p>\n
mentioned.\n<\/p>\n
     8. Section 5 of the Act provides the powers of<\/p>\n
the Inspectors.    Under  clause (a) of sub section<\/p>\n
(1) an inspector is competent to enter and search<\/p>\n
with such assistance as he considers necessary,<\/p>\n
any place in which he has reason to believe that<\/p>\n
an offence under the Act has been committed or is<\/p>\n
being committed and    also to seize such drugs or<\/p>\n
other stores which may furnish evidence thereof.<\/p>\n
Clause (b) of Section 5 enables the inspector to<\/p>\n
examine any record, register, documents or other<\/p>\n
material objects found in any place mentioned at<\/p>\n
the time of search as provided under clause (a),<\/p>\n
if he has reason to believe    that it may furnish<\/p>\n
CRRP 198\/2008            11<\/span><\/p>\n
evidence     of  the  commission  of   an   offence<\/p>\n
punishable under the Act.      Sub section (2) of<\/p>\n
Section     5 provides that  so  far  as  may   be,<\/p>\n
provisions of     Code of Criminal Procedure with<\/p>\n
regard to the search shall apply to any search<\/p>\n
under the Act.    Section 6 provides that where an<\/p>\n
Inspector seizes any drug or other stores or any<\/p>\n
record, register, document or material object as<\/p>\n
provided under section 5, it shall be produced<\/p>\n
before a Magistrate having jurisdiction of the<\/p>\n
area within 24 hours.\n<\/p>\n
     9. Evidence of PW2 is corroborated by PW1  and<\/p>\n
Ext.P5 mahazar establish that procedures provided<\/p>\n
under the Act were complied.        Though learned<\/p>\n
counsel argued that as no independent witness was<\/p>\n
examined, evidence of Pws.1 and 2 should not have<\/p>\n
been accepted by the courts below,   Ext.P5 seizure<\/p>\n
mahazar the contemporaneous    record prepared at<\/p>\n
that time establish   that it was prepared at 7 p.m<\/p>\n
on 8.4.2002. Ext.P5 shows that it was prepared by<\/p>\n
PW2 the Drugs Inspector and was also attested by<\/p>\n
CRRP 198\/2008              12<\/span><\/p>\n
PW1.         Ext.P5  contains    endorsement  of  the<\/p>\n
petitioner to the effect that he had received the<\/p>\n
copy of the mahazar on the same day immediately<\/p>\n
after its preparation.        Though no   independent<\/p>\n
witness was examined, nothing was pointed out to<\/p>\n
disbelieve the evidence of Pws.1 and 2.      Evidence<\/p>\n
of PW1 is corroborated by the evidence of PW2.<\/p>\n
Similarly evidence of PW2 is corroborated by PW1.<\/p>\n
Their evidence is further corroborated by Ext.P5<\/p>\n
prepared     at  the  time  of  seizure.     Evidence<\/p>\n
conclusively establish that when Pws.2      inspected<\/p>\n
the shop of the petitioner with PW1     M01 series of<\/p>\n
250 I.V canulas were found in the wholesale stores<\/p>\n
of petitioner      and petitioner could not offer any<\/p>\n
explanation for its possession.      Ext.P4 the bill<\/p>\n
book contained     Ext.P4(a) entry which corroborates<\/p>\n
the   evidence   of  Pws.1   and 2   that  above  the<\/p>\n
original carbon copy of the bill, another bill was<\/p>\n
pasted showing the amount as Rs.120\/- but the<\/p>\n
carbon copy of bill 1899 shows that the amount was<\/p>\n
Rs.38,700\/-.      Evidence  of PW3 the    Manager of<\/p>\n
CRRP 198\/2008             13<\/span><\/p>\n
Eastern Medikits Ltd establish that as sought for<\/p>\n
by PW1, Ext.P7 reply was sent by the Company<\/p>\n
signed by Raji Varma the Senior Manager which<\/p>\n
establishes that MO1 series of I.V canulas were<\/p>\n
manufactured     in  their  factory  and  they  were<\/p>\n
forwarded to Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram<\/p>\n
and    it    cannot  be   sold   outside  and   were<\/p>\n
manufactured exclusively      for use in Government<\/p>\n
Hospitals.     Evidence therefore establish that M01<\/p>\n
series, which were found in the possession of    the<\/p>\n
petitioner in his shop, are the “other stores” as<\/p>\n
defined under section 2(d) of the Act.       In such<\/p>\n
circumstance,     findings  of  courts   below  that<\/p>\n
petitioner was in possession of MO1 series        is<\/p>\n
perfectly correct, in the light of the evidence on<\/p>\n
record      as M01 series   are proved to be the ”<\/p>\n
other      stores”  which   contains     the   seals<\/p>\n
establishing that they are meant for the use of<\/p>\n
only Government Health Department and    evidence of<\/p>\n
PW3 establish that they were manufactured by their<\/p>\n
Company.     It is absolutely clear that possession<\/p>\n
CRRP 198\/2008              14<\/span><\/p>\n
of M01 series by the petitioner, which are “other<\/p>\n
stores” as defined under the Act      was unlawful as<\/p>\n
provided under section 3 of the Act.       Conviction<\/p>\n
of the petitioner for the offence under section 3<\/p>\n
of the Act      is  perfectly legal.   Though  courts<\/p>\n
below convicted      petitioner under clause (a) of<\/p>\n
Section      3,  clause  (a)   applies  to   unlawful<\/p>\n
possession of drugs       and clause (b) applies to<\/p>\n
unlawful possession of “other stores” as defined<\/p>\n
under section 2(d) of the Act.         Petitioner can<\/p>\n
only be convicted under section 3(b) of the Act.<\/p>\n
But whether conviction       is under clause (a) or<\/p>\n
clause (b), it     is as provided under section 3 and<\/p>\n
the sentence is also the same.      Therefore even if<\/p>\n
the conviction is altered to one under section 3<\/p>\n
(b) of the Act, it will not cause any       prejudice<\/p>\n
to the petitioner.       Therefore conviction of the<\/p>\n
petitioner is modified to one      under section 3(b)<\/p>\n
of the Act instead of clause 3(a).\n<\/p>\n
     10.     Then the only question is with regard to<\/p>\n
the    sentence.      Learned   Magistrate  sentenced<\/p>\n
CRRP 198\/2008             15<\/span><\/p>\n
petitioner      to  simple  imprisonment  for  three<\/p>\n
months apart from a fine of Rs.1000\/- with default<\/p>\n
sentence of simple     imprisonment for ten    days.<\/p>\n
Section 3 provides     for a minimum    sentence of<\/p>\n
imprisonment of six months but which may extend<\/p>\n
upto two years and a fine which shall not be less<\/p>\n
than Rs.1000\/-.    The proviso enables the court to<\/p>\n
award     a  sentence  than  the  minimum   sentence<\/p>\n
provided.     But it can only be for adequate and<\/p>\n
special reasons.    Learned Magistrate has awarded a<\/p>\n
lesser sentence of simple imprisonment for three<\/p>\n
months     for the  reason  that  he  is  the  first<\/p>\n
offender and a lenient view is to be    taken.   The<\/p>\n
argument     of  the  learned  counsel     is   that<\/p>\n
petitioner is now aged 60 years and therefore<\/p>\n
leniency is to be shown and even if substantive<\/p>\n
sentence is mandatory the period is to be reduced<\/p>\n
to    imprisonment   till  rising   of  the   court.<\/p>\n
Considering the nature    of the offence, it is not<\/p>\n
in the interest of justice to reduce the    sentence<\/p>\n
as sought for by petitioner especially          when<\/p>\n
CRRP 198\/2008             16<\/span><\/p>\n
without stating     adequate and special reasons as<\/p>\n
mandated     under proviso  to  Section  3,  learned<\/p>\n
Magistrate has awarded    a lesser sentence than the<\/p>\n
minimum sentence provided. In such circumstance, I<\/p>\n
do not find any reason to interfere with the<\/p>\n
sentence.\n<\/p>\n
     Criminal     Revision  Petition   is   disposed<\/p>\n
modifying the conviction     from Section 3(a)    to<\/p>\n
Section 3(b) of the Kerala Drugs and Other Stores<\/p>\n
(Unlawful     Possession) Act  and  confirming   the<\/p>\n
sentence.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
                                M.SASIDHARAN NAMBIAR
\n                                         JUDGE
\ntpl\/-\n<\/p>\n
M.SASIDHARAN NAMBIAR, J.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
   ———————\n<\/p>\n
    W.P.(C).NO. \/06\n<\/p>\n
   ———————\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
       JUDGMENT<\/p>\n
    SEPTEMBER,2006<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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