special laws dealing with
minerals and minor minerals, to deal with sand or other
minerals brought to Kerala from another State where there
is prohibition ... Police, Manjeswar on 06.02.2012, and the two vehicles with
full load of sand imported from the State of Karnataka were
seized by the police
registered under Section 379 of IPC, on the allegation that theft of sand
belonging to the Government was committed by the accused, is illegal ... against the
petitioners in the FIRs is that they committed theft of sand from rivers and
river beds belonging to the Government. The said
been registered against the petitioner, for illegal
transportation of sand. It is submitted, that due to political rivalry, and to
deprive the petitioner ... vehicle of the petitioner was engaged for the purpose of
taking gravel sand from Mela Vaniyangudi Kanmoi situated at Sivagangai, and used
to load
that the vehicle was being
used for alleged illegal transportation of river sand, he seized
the same and he had registered a case as Crime ... provisions of Kerala Protection
of River Banks and Regulation of Removal of Sand Act, 2001
(Hereinafter called as Sand Act ). The petitioner filed
time of raid, both the
accused person were mixing blank sand in cement. IO seized all the case
property and samples vide ... information
regarding one person namely Chandan Singh who used to mix black sand in
cement at his residence and the informer told them that Chandan
consideration of Ext.P6
representation for release of the sand seized by the second respondent
herein.
2. The case of the petitioner is that ... Perumbavoor Village, he purchased 60 metric tons of ordinary sand from
one Shri K.G. George. After purchase, it was transported to the property
Kerala Protection of River
Banks and Regulation of Removal of Sand Act, 2001 confiscating his
vehicle with a further direction to remit an amount ... bridge and it was never used for any transportation
of sand in violation of the Act. But none of the aspects have been
considered
which the
seizure was effected is that the vehicle was carrying river sand in
violation of the provisions of the Kerala Protection of River Banks ... Regulation of Removal of Sand Act, 2001 . A crime was
registered as per the provisions of the Act as indicated
19452/2012
APPENDIX
PETITIONER(S) EXHIBITS
P1:- COPY OF THE SAND PASS ISSUED BY THE PORT CONSERVATOR TO THE
PETITIONER'S VEHICLE DATED ... COPY OF THE SAND PASS ISSUED BY THE PONNANI MUNICIPALITY TO THE
PETITIONER'S VEHICLE DATED 14.08.2012.
P3:- COPY OF THE SAND PASS ISSUED
that the deceased had sustained serious
burn injuries and people were throwing sand on her body to
douse the fire. The owner of the house ... gathered
around there tried to douse the fire by throwing sand on the
body. It is thereafter PW.1 and others came to the scene
