https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=178822 Recovery of a concealed map from the accused's house, corroborated by police evidence and the panchnama, supported an inference of conscious possession and of having obtained or collected it for a purpose prejudicial to State safety or interests; the statutory presumption under section 3(2) applied, so the finding was upheld. On the construction of section 3(1)(c) of the Official Secrets Act, 1923, the word "secret" qualifies only "official code or pass word" and not the listed items such as a sketch, plan, model, article, note, document or information; secrecy is therefore not an additional requirement for conviction in respect of those materials, and the conviction was sustained. en-us Thu, 16 Nov 1995 00:00:00 +0530 Sat, 13 Feb 2016 10:32:32 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=178822 Recovery of a concealed map from the accused's house, corroborated by police evidence and the panchnama, supported an inference of conscious possession and of having obtained or collected it for a purpose prejudicial to State safety or interests; the statutory presumption under section 3(2) applied, so the finding was upheld. On the construction of section 3(1)(c) of the Official Secrets Act, 1923, the word "secret" qualifies only "official code or pass word" and not the listed items such as a sketch, plan, model, article, note, document or information; secrecy is therefore not an additional requirement for conviction in respect of those materials, and the conviction was sustained. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 16 Nov 1995 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=178822