Supreme Court · 2011 INSC 109 · Decided 8 February 2011
Bhola Singh v. State of Punjab
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2011 INSC 109 · [2011] 2 S.C.R. 642
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 448/2006
- Decided
- 8 February 2011
- Bench
- H.S. BEDI, C.K. PRASAD (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- NDPS Act Section 50
Headnote
Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985: C ss.25, 35 - Applicability of - Contraband goods recovered from the truck co-owned by the appellant - While purchasing the truck, the appellant had given his residential address in Rajasthan whereas he was resident of Haryana - High Court drew u/s. 35 to hold that by D giving a fake address, his culpability was writ large on the facts of the case - Conviction of appellant uslss.25 and 35 - Held: s.25 would not be applicable as there was no evidence to indicate that the appellant had knowingly permitted the use of the vehicle for
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