Supreme Court · 2005 INSC 535 · Decided 27 October 2005
Babubhai Odhavji Patel, ETC. ETC. v. State of Gujarat
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2005 INSC 535 · [2005] SUPP. 4 S.C.R. 844
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 861/1997
- Decided
- 27 October 2005
- Bench
- K.G. BALAKRISHNAN, B.N. SRIKRISHNA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- NDPS Act Section 17, 42, 50, 52, 55, 57
Headnote
Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985: Section 17-0wner of tanker lorry found in possession of contraband C substance weighing more than 5 Kgs-He was using the tanker lorry for illegally transporting the contraband substance-Conviction by Courts below under S.17 held valid. Section. materials were being transported illegally between the States and that vehicles had been passing through a particular district-Police party had no previous information that any contraband substance was conc.ealed in any building, conveyance or enclosed space and they have to conduct a search
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