offence of the theft of two sandstone pillars of great
antiquity, beauty and value from the Suraj Kund Temple, in
village Amin, Dist. Karnal, ended ... Superintendent of Police,
CIV (Antiquities SPE/CBI, New Delhi) against Manohar Lal
Narang and others for alleged offences under Section 120B,
read with Section
impose penalty for
having committed breach of Section 3 of the Antiquities
and Art Treasures Act, 1972 (hereinafter referred to as
“the Antiquities ... principles of law which govern the situation.
4. The scheme of the Antiquities and Art Treasures
Act, 1972 .
Section 3 forbids the export of Antiquities
over by the Union of
India, keeping in view the provisions of Antiquities and Art Treasures Act,
1972 (hereinafter the Antiquities Act). The Expert Committee ... Survey of India inspected the jewellery
and on 22.2.1978 granted a non- antiquities certificate in respect of
65 items of jewellery out of the total
Delhi for the offences of smuggling out of India the prohibited antiques. With the permission of the learned Magistrate, the petitioner left India for medical ... also material placed before him about smuggling out of India the beautiful antique bronze icon of the famous Shivapuram Natraja Dancing Shiva. It was reported
basis of the alleged offence committed under the Antiquities & Art Treasures Act, 1972 (hereinafter called the Antiquities Act) is not maintainable.
2. Briefly ... baggage of the petitioner there were coins which were suspected to be antiquities the export of which is prohibited under Section 3 of the Antiquities
petitioner. The only allegation is that the mode of smuggling of the antiques was entrusted to the petitioner and no material is disclosed ... Wales Museum, Bombay. All these 16 cases were found to contain various antiques stone sculptures. None of these cases contained 'Brass Trays
Penal Code, read with Section 25(1) and Section 3 of the Antiquities and Art Treasures Act, 1972 (hereinafter referred ... Complex, Lodhi Road, New Delhi by Dr. G.T. Shendy, Superintending Archaeologist (Antiquity) for the Director General, Archaeological Survey of India.
2. The facts briefly
petitioner. The Commissioner of Police personally gave statements as though antiques which were recovered from the house were of the estimated value worth ten crores ... petitioner's version about undue publicity of the seizure of the antiques from his house of inaccurate and incorrect. He has stated that
determining the items, which may fall under the purview of the Antiquities and Art Treasures Act, 1972 (for short 'the Antiquities ... India declared the 23 items of jewellery of the Trust as antiquities. But, however, issued non-antiquity/export certificates for 65 items of jewellery
coins of gold, silver, copper etc. The coins were suspected to be antiquities, export of which was prohibited under Section 3 of the Antiquities ... Treasure Act, 1972 (in short the Antiquities Act). Therefore, at request of Customs, the Director General of the Archaeological Survey of India (in short
