https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=42369 A Special Public Prosecutor appointed under Section 24(8) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 may conduct a prosecution arising from a Central Government complaint, even where the complaint was instituted by the Collector of Customs. The Court treated the Customs and Imports and Exports departments as Central Government departments and rejected the objection that the complainant could not authorise such prosecution. Section 210 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 was held inapplicable because cognizance of the Imports and Exports (Control) Act offence could be taken only on a written complaint by an authorised officer, and the prior police investigation did not amount to a pending investigation requiring stay of trial. en-us Fri, 19 Feb 1988 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 10 Jun 2010 17:32:47 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=42369 A Special Public Prosecutor appointed under Section 24(8) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 may conduct a prosecution arising from a Central Government complaint, even where the complaint was instituted by the Collector of Customs. The Court treated the Customs and Imports and Exports departments as Central Government departments and rejected the objection that the complainant could not authorise such prosecution. Section 210 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 was held inapplicable because cognizance of the Imports and Exports (Control) Act offence could be taken only on a written complaint by an authorised officer, and the prior police investigation did not amount to a pending investigation requiring stay of trial. Case-Laws Customs Fri, 19 Feb 1988 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=42369