TMI Blog1913 (3) TMI 1X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... rity, has in his possession any quantity of any excisable article knowing the same to have been unlawfully imported, transported or manufactured, and knowing the prescribed duty not to have been paid thereon, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three months or with fine which may extend to one thousand rupees or with both. 2. The Superintendent of Police and the S ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... e, however, the evidence of the finding in the accused's house of a certain quantity of cocaine, which is an excisable article under the provisions of the Excise Act, for possession of which the accused had no licence. On the facts found we are satisfied that the accused must-have known that the cocaine had been unlawfully imported and that no duty had been paid on it. We allow the appeal, set ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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