Section 5 Explosive Substances Act, 1908

 

Section 5 Explosive Substances Act, 1908: 

Punishment for making or possessing explosives under suspicious circumstances.—Any person who makes or knowingly has in his possession or under his control any explosive substance or special category explosive substance, under such circumstances as to give rise to a reasonable suspicion that he is not making it or does not have it in his possession or under his control for a lawful object, shall, unless he can show that he made it or had it in his possession or under his control for a lawful object, be punished,—1[5. Punishment for making or possessing explosives under suspicious circumstances.—Any person who makes or knowingly has in his possession or under his control any explosive substance or special category explosive substance, under such circumstances as to give rise to a reasonable suspicion that he is not making it or does not have it in his possession or under his control for a lawful object, shall, unless he can show that he made it or had it in his possession or under his control for a lawful object, be punished,—" ‘

(a) in the case of any explosive substance, with imprisonment for a term which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine;

(b) in the case of any special category explosive substance, with rigorous imprisonment for life, or with rigorous imprisonment for a term which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine.

Supreme Court of India Important Judgments And Leading Case Law Related to Section 5 Explosive Substances Act, 1908: 

Essa @ Anjum Abdul Razak Memon vs State Of Maharashtra Tr.Stf,Cbi on 21 March, 2013

Mohammad Usman Mohammad Hussain vs State Of Maharashtra on 3 March, 1981

State Of T.N. vs Sivarasan Alias Raghu Alias  on 31 October, 1996

Durga Prasad Gupta vs State Of Rajasthan Through C.B.I on 25 September, 2003

State Of Taiml Nadu vs Sivarasan Alias Raghu Alias on 31 October, 1996

Deepak Khinchi vs State Of Rajasthan on 30 April, 2012

Hussein Ghadially @ vs State Of Gujarat on 18 July, 2014

Yakub Abdul Razak Memon vs State Of Maharashtra Th:Cbi  on 21 March, 2013

Ashrafkhan @ Babu Munnekhan  vs State Of Gujarat on 26 September, 2012

Abu Salem Abdul Qayoom Ansari vs State Of Maharashtra & Anr on 10 September, 2010

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