State Of West Bengal And Ors vs Sujit Kumar Rana

The Supreme Court addressed the applicability of Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 in quashing confiscation proceedings under the Indian Forest Act, 1927. The Court held that the High Court erred in allowing applications under Section 482 as the confiscation proceedings were not initiated under the Code. The judgment reaffirmed the precedent set in Divisional Forest Officer v. G. V. Sudhakar Rao, establishing that the High Court lacks jurisdiction to intervene in confiscation matters pending before designated authorities.