Supreme Court · 2023 INSC 852 · Decided 22 September 2023
Balwinder Singh (Binda) v. The Narcotics Control Bureau
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2023 INSC 852 · [2023] 14 S.C.R. 100
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1136/2014
- Decided
- 22 September 2023
- Bench
- BHUSHAN RAMKRISHNA GAVAI, HIMA KOHLI, PRASHANT KUMAR MISHRA (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- CrPC Section 100(4); Evidence Act Section 25; NDPS Act Section 67, 53, 54
Headnote
HEADNOTES Issue for consideration: Matter pertains to admissibility in evidence of the confessional statement recorded by the Narcotics Control Bureau officers u/s. 67 of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985; and proving of possession prosecution beyond reasonable doubt. Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 - s. 67 - Confession statement made by an accused u/s. 67 before an offi cer of Narcotics Control Bureau - Admissibility in evidence: Held: Statement made by an accused and recorded u/s. 67
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