https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=193126 Where a central statute provides an enforcement machinery for detection, adjudication, confiscation and prosecution, but does not create a separate investigative agency of the kind contemplated by section 377(2) CrPC, the State Government may still direct the Public Prosecutor to seek enhancement under section 377(1). The appeal was therefore competent. On sentence, although the facts suggested custodial punishment for clandestine possession of silver, the Court declined enhancement because the accused had already spent about two and a half months in custody. The sentence imposed by the Magistrate was left undisturbed. en-us Wed, 31 Aug 1977 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 14 Jul 2017 14:30:28 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=193126 Where a central statute provides an enforcement machinery for detection, adjudication, confiscation and prosecution, but does not create a separate investigative agency of the kind contemplated by section 377(2) CrPC, the State Government may still direct the Public Prosecutor to seek enhancement under section 377(1). The appeal was therefore competent. On sentence, although the facts suggested custodial punishment for clandestine possession of silver, the Court declined enhancement because the accused had already spent about two and a half months in custody. The sentence imposed by the Magistrate was left undisturbed. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 31 Aug 1977 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=193126