TMI Blog1967 (5) TMI 19X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... (81) of the Sea Customs Act, read with section 120B of the Indian Penal Code. The petitioner prays for setting aside the charge framed against him and for quashing the proceeding pending against him in the court of a presidency magistrate of Calcutta. 2. It appears that one of the accused in the case was arrested at the Dum Dum Airport with a suit case immediately after the same had been cleared ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ner which might serve as the foundation for the charge that has been framed. It is not in dispute that the entire evidence available to the prosecution for the purpose of proving the case against the accused persons has already been adduced in the court of the learned presidency magistrate. If the submission of Mr. Dutta that out of the evidence adduced by the prosecution, there is no legal materi ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... by a handwriting expert, P.W. 43, show that these are in the handwriting of accused 2, 3 and 8. The accounts, however, do not make any mention of the petitioner Mangilal Jain, but there is mention therein of a person who has been described simply as one 'J'. The account books, thus, also do not connect the petitioner with any of the transactions noted therein. The last item of evidence that if for ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ose of lending assurance to that finding. As, in the present case, the account books cannot be accepted as providing any materials against the petitioner and as evidence of P.W. 33 also furnishes nothing to incriminate him in the offence alleged, there is no independent evidence which can be called into service for the purpose of framing a charge of conspiracy that has been framed against the accu ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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