Supreme Court of India · 2003-08-25
The State Of Bihar & Anr vs Kedar Sao & Anr.Srikant Prasad Pradhan & ...
- Citation / case number
- AIR 2003 SUPREME COURT 3650
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Petitioner
- The State Of Bihar & Anr
- Respondent
- Kedar Sao & Anr.Srikant Prasad Pradhan & ...
- Author
- D. Raju
- Bench
- Doraiswamy Raju, H. K. Sema
Judgment text excerpt
The case involves the seizure of illicit Katha and a vehicle under Section 52 of the Indian Forest (Bihar Amendment) Act, 1990. The core legal issue pertains to the validity of the seizure and the subsequent legal proceedings initiated by forest officials. The Court examined whether the seizure conducted by forest officers under the specific Bihar Amendment Act was legally sustainable.