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Unlawful manufacture of arrack - Separate conviction for manufacture and pos- session. - The offence of manufacturing arrack includes the offence of being in possession of the apparatus, etc. and there cannot, therefore, be separate convictions of an accused person under clause (b) and (g) of Section 55 of the Madras Abkari Act. Again if a person unlawfully manufactures arrack, and is thus in unlawful possession of the manufactured arrack, he cannot be further convicted under Sec. 58 as the manufacture itself means possession. Similarly recovery of opium from the different places constitutes one offence. [ It ii harsh to punish for possession and again for Bottling - bottling is only a mode of possession.