https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=456938 Concealed possession and carriage of a sizeable quantity of counterfeit currency notes may fall within Section 489-B of the Indian Penal Code, not merely Section 489-C, where the surrounding circumstances show active trafficking and knowledge of the notes' counterfeit character. The expression "or otherwise traffics in" was read broadly to cover transportation of forged notes, and the accused's failure to offer a satisfactory explanation for possession supported the statutory inference. On that basis, the conviction under Sections 489-B and 489-C read with Section 34 was sustained, and the sentence was also affirmed because no legal infirmity or disproportionality was shown. en-us Fri, 22 Nov 2019 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 28 Aug 2024 09:08:15 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=456938 Concealed possession and carriage of a sizeable quantity of counterfeit currency notes may fall within Section 489-B of the Indian Penal Code, not merely Section 489-C, where the surrounding circumstances show active trafficking and knowledge of the notes' counterfeit character. The expression "or otherwise traffics in" was read broadly to cover transportation of forged notes, and the accused's failure to offer a satisfactory explanation for possession supported the statutory inference. On that basis, the conviction under Sections 489-B and 489-C read with Section 34 was sustained, and the sentence was also affirmed because no legal infirmity or disproportionality was shown. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 22 Nov 2019 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=456938