Supreme Court · 2010 INSC 557 · Decided 31 August 2010
Dehal Singh v. State of Himachal Pradesh
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2010 INSC 557 · [2010] 10 S.C.R. 598
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1215/2005
- Decided
- 31 August 2010
- Bench
- H.S. BEDI, C.K. PRASAD (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- CrPC Section 313; Evidence Act Section 3; NDPS Act Section 20, 50
Headnote
Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985: s. 20 - Accused found in possession of large quantity of 'charas' - Conviction - Plea that 15 gm difference in weight of samples when weighed in Laboratory, cast a doubt on credibility of prosecution case - HELD: In view of the fact that scale and weight of a grocery shop were used by the authorised officer and in the Laboratory weight of the contraband was measured with precision scale, the small difference in weight loses its significance. ss. 20, 35 and 54 - 'Conscious possession' - E Presumption - Burden to rebut the
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