https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=287869 Mens rea remained essential to sustain the conviction for contravention of the Motor Spirit Rationing Order, because the statute did not clearly or by necessary implication exclude a guilty mind. The court held that the prohibition on supply against valid coupons did not, by itself, create vicarious criminal liability for an innocent owner where the appellant was neither present nor aware of the sale. The earlier broad view of automatic liability for a master was rejected as too wide. The conviction and sentence were therefore set aside, and the appellant was acquitted and discharged. en-us Tue, 13 Jan 1948 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 06 May 2020 15:09:17 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=287869 Mens rea remained essential to sustain the conviction for contravention of the Motor Spirit Rationing Order, because the statute did not clearly or by necessary implication exclude a guilty mind. The court held that the prohibition on supply against valid coupons did not, by itself, create vicarious criminal liability for an innocent owner where the appellant was neither present nor aware of the sale. The earlier broad view of automatic liability for a master was rejected as too wide. The conviction and sentence were therefore set aside, and the appellant was acquitted and discharged. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 13 Jan 1948 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=287869