Official Secrets Act, 1923–Secs. 3(1)(c) & 9 r/w Sec. 120-B, IPC–Conviction–Appreciation–Recovery of army documents from the house of the appellant–Mere fact that the search was not conducted in a legal manner, cannot affect the recovery–Documents of strategic importance to the Nation were recovered from the possession of accused–No satisfactory explanation in regard to having possession over them–Held, the conviction was justified.
