tractor/trolleys of the private appellants along with
the minor mineral (sand/storage/yellow soil etc.) loaded in them.
They handed over the tractor/trolleys ... newspaper – Bhaskar on 8.9.2019 with respect to illegal
excavation/transportation of mineral sand from Chambal, Shivna
and Retam and other Tributary rivers flow from District
Code of Criminal
Procedure is not applicable when vehicles transporting sand illegally
is seized under section 102 Cr. P.C. it was not brought ... Kerala Protection of River
Banks and Regulation of Removal of Sand Act, 2001 (in short 'the
Sand Act ') all offences are cognizable
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
seizure Mahazar dated
29.09.2014 alleging illegal transportation of river sand . The
case of the petitioner is that no such offence has been committed ... circumstance and that the material
carried in the vehicle was only ordinary sand.
2. The petitioner approached the third respondent/RDO
herein seeking for interim
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
were stopped, in which
sand was filled. Sub Inspector-Pradeep Saraf inquired about the sand
from the driver, but driver was unable to give ... explanation about
the said sand. They had no permit for transporting the sand then
Dumpers were seized with the sand. First Information was lodged
under
Kerala
Protection of River Banks and Regulation of Removal of Sand
Act, 2001(herein after referred to as 'the Act'). Regarding yet
another ... Grama Panchayat is that there
is large scale unauthorised mining of sand from Thapasi kadavu,
which is one among the kadavus of the Panchayat
gave a report to the Deputy Superintendent of Police, Kollam that sand was being loaded and transported in the above vehicle without any valid permit ... Kerala Protection of River Banks and Regulation of Removal of Sand Act, 2001 and the rules issued by the Government of Kerala under the above
seized by the first respondent on
29.01.2015, alleging illegal transportation of river sand.
2. The learned counsel for the petitioner points out that,
river sand ... under the Kerala Protection
of River Banks and Regulation of Removal of Sand Act . The said
aspect was considered, pursuant to the reference made
issued guidelines in this regard and
highlighted the importance of curbing illicit sand mining and plundering of
natural wealth and it would be beneficial ... police for illegal and dishonestly committing theft of minerals
including sand from the riverbed. The Court shall take judicial
notice of the fact that over
