Supreme Court · 2021 INSC 256 · Decided 16 April 2021
Boota Singh & Others v. State of Haryana
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2021 INSC 256 · [2021] 4 S.C.R. 180
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 421/2021
- Decided
- 16 April 2021
- Bench
- UDAY UMESH LALIT, K.M. JOSEPH (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- NDPS Act Section 42, 43, 15
Headnote
Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 - ss. 42 & 43 - Governing provisions, if s.42 or s.43 - Non-compliance of s.42 - Secret information received by PW-4 (S.I.) that accused- appellants were selling poppy straw in a vehicle - with fellow officials - Accused-appellants found sitting in a Jeep - Notice served u/s.50 - Search led to recovery of poppy straw - Trial court convicted appellants u/s.15 rejecting their plea of acquittal on ground of non-compliance of s.42 - The trial court held
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