Supreme Court · 2001 INSC 593 · Decided 4 December 2001
Bahadur Singh v. State of Madhya Pradesh and ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2001 INSC 593 · [2001] SUPP. 5 S.C.R. 430
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 824/2000
- Decided
- 4 December 2001
- Bench
- U.C. BANERJEE, Y.K. SABHARWAL (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- NDPS Act Section 8, 15, 35
Headnote
Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985. Sections 8, 15 and 35-Recovery and seizure of contraband-Panek witness denying that contraband recovered and seized in his presence-Convic­ tion based on sole testin1ony o.f Investigating Officer-,5erious discrepancies in recovery, seizure Qf doubt. Prosecution alleged that poppy straw weighing 3.900 kgs. was recov· ered from the truck driven by appellant. Special Court convicted driver and cleaner of the truck for offences under Section 8 read with Section 15 of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985. In
Judgments are the courts' own published copies, provided for study; they are not certified copies. Source: Indian Supreme Court & High Court Judgments, Dattam Labs (CC-BY-4.0)