STATE OF U.P. vs DURGA PRASAD

The Supreme Court held that the enquiry under Section 8(1) of the Railway Property (Unlawful Possession) Act, 1966, is not an investigation as defined by Section 162 of the Criminal Procedure Code. The Court clarified that the Act's provisions, particularly Sections 5 and 14, take precedence over the Code in case of inconsistency. The Court restored the Sessions Court's judgment, finding sufficient evidence of the respondent's unlawful possession of railway property under Section 3(a) of the Act, thus overturning the High Court's acquittal.