Supreme Court · 2010 INSC 199 · Decided 6 April 2010
Bahadur Singh v. State of Haryana
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2010 INSC 199 · [2010] 4 S.C.R. 402
- Case number
- SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION (CRIMINAL) No. 5523/2009
- Decided
- 6 April 2010
- Bench
- ALTAMAS KABIR, CYRIAC JOSEPH (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- NDPS Act Section 42, 57
Headnote
Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 - ss. 42 and 57 - Recovery of contraband from the premises, C key of which was in possession of the accused - Conviction by courts below - Non-compliance of ss. 42 and 57 pleaded - Held: Non-compliance with Section 42 would not vitiate the to the accused. Held further: Section 57 not mandatory. On facts, the provisions under the D Sections were complied with - Accused was also found in possession of the contraband. On a secret information, police party raided the house of the petitioner-accused. On interrogation, he E disclosed
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