C.V.Rajappan vs State Of Kerala on 30 April, 2020
6. The learned Public Prosecutor contended that the search and
seizure was carried out in strict compliance of the provisions of the
Abkari Act and the Code of Criminal Procedure and that the siezed
articles were produced before the court without delay . Placing reliance
on the decision in Aithappa Naik V. State of Kerala [2017 (2) KLT
CRL.R.P.NO.5/07 6
1137], the learned Public Prosecutor contended that just because the
accused was convicted under a wrong section, in spite of their being
clear evidence to prove the definite offence punishable under the
penal law applicable to the facts, the conviction cannot be set aside.