Most Important Question for Judiciary Exams.
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Question 1 of 5
1 . Q1. On 15th January, 1998, at Jaipur Airport a custom officer conducted search of A and recovered some pieces of metal from his possession. For the examination f the said metal, an uneducated but experienced gold-smith was invited who opined that the said metal was gold. Consequently the gold was confiscated and the matter was referred to the court for trial. The accused defends himself on the grounds that (i) the proceedings and confiscation by the custom officer was prosecution and hence according to section 300 of the code of criminal procedure, 1973, he not be prosecuted in the court and (ii) the gold–smith who examined the metal was not a competent expert. Write a judgment deciding the case. (RJS 1999);