https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=166238 An appeal against inadequacy of sentence under section 377 CrPC can be maintained only by the State or Union Government, acting through the competent authority; an Assistant Collector of Customs lacked statutory authority to file such an appeal, so it was incompetent. The document also notes that the appeal was filed beyond the sixty-day period prescribed under Article 115(b) of the Limitation Act from the date the judgment copy became available, making it time-barred. The combined effect was that the challenge to the sentence could not be entertained for want of competence and for limitation. en-us Tue, 03 May 2011 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 03 Sep 2014 09:36:18 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=166238 An appeal against inadequacy of sentence under section 377 CrPC can be maintained only by the State or Union Government, acting through the competent authority; an Assistant Collector of Customs lacked statutory authority to file such an appeal, so it was incompetent. The document also notes that the appeal was filed beyond the sixty-day period prescribed under Article 115(b) of the Limitation Act from the date the judgment copy became available, making it time-barred. The combined effect was that the challenge to the sentence could not be entertained for want of competence and for limitation. Case-Laws Customs Tue, 03 May 2011 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=166238