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IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM
A.BADHARUDEEN
Praveen Kumar P.N. S/o Narayanan Nair – Appellant
Versus
State of Kerala – Respondent
| Table of Content |
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| 1. accused petitioners seek quash of fir. (Para 3) |
| 2. defense arguments on compounding powers. (Para 4 , 5 , 10) |
| 3. court's observations on legal powers. (Para 7 , 12 , 14) |
| 4. legal principles under general clauses act. (Para 9 , 13 , 15) |
| 5. partial allowance of petition regarding quashing. (Para 16 , 17) |
ORDER :
(i) Call for the records leading to Annexure A-1
(iii) issue such other orders as this Hon'ble Court deem just and proper.
3. The prosecution case, as per the FIR, is that the accused persons, who are the Revenue officials of Thamarassery Taluk Office, seized vehicles which were found to be used for illegal transportation of soil, mines and minerals from 02.01.2015 to 25.05.2016, illegally compounded the offence and fined the offenders by corruptly accepting a meagre amount of Rs.4,17,000/- instead of Rs.15,25,000/-, and thereby caused a loss of Rs.11,08,000/- to the State Exchequer. On this premise, the prosecution allegation is that the accused committed offence under Section 13 (1)(d) r/w Section 13 (2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 (for short, 'the PC Act, 1988' hereinafter).
5. The next point argued by the learned counsel for the petitioners is to n
Officials are not liable for corruption charges regarding compounding offences if actions were taken under regulations prior to the fixed minimum fee introduction. Notifications under repealed Acts r....
The power of the judge to sift and weigh the evidence for finding a prima facie case against the accused and the presumption of the alleged offence against the accused are crucial legal principles es....
The Superintendent of Taxes was authorized to compound an offence under the Assam Value Added Tax Act, despite the petitioner's claims to the contrary.
Once a contravention has been compounded, no further proceedings can be initiated or continued against the person committing the contravention.
The Superintendent of Taxes had jurisdiction to compound an offence under the Assam VAT Act based on proper delegations, and the admission of offence by the petitioner affirmed the validity of the co....
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