Supreme Court of India
Ravula Hariprasada Rao v. The State
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Criminal law-Mens rea-'-M otor Spirit Rationing Order, 1.941, els. 22, 25, '1:1-Defence of India Rules, 1939, r. 81 (4)-Supply of petrol without coupons-Omission to make prescribed ·entries in coupons-Liability of employer for acts of employees- onstrudion of statutes. Unless a statute either clearly or by necessary implication rules out mens rea as a constituent part of the crime, a person should not be found guilty of an offence against the criminal law unless he has got a guilty mind.
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