Govt. Of A.P. vs Dinde Kanakamma And Another on 17 June, 1998
20. But, the question still remains whether in view of the principles laid down in the said decision, the appellate Court to have necessarily set aside the confiscation order and remitted the matter back to the stage anterior to initiation of confiscation proceedings in order to seek the willingness of the party to have the offence compounded or whether it is open to the Court to pass any other just order short of confiscation without offending the principles laid down in Laxman Pratap Ray's case (supra)? In other words, we have to consider whether the ultimate order passed by the District Court in each of these cases warrants interference though the line of approach adopted by the Court may not be in strict conformity with law.