Supreme Court · 2007 INSC 1226 · Decided 5 December 2007
Directorate of Revenue & ANR. v. Mohammed Nisar Holia
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2007 INSC 1226 · [2007] 12 S.C.R. 906
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 311/2002
- Decided
- 5 December 2007
- Bench
- S.B. SINHA, H.S. BEDI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- CrPC Section 165; Constitution Article 21; NDPS Act
Headnote
Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, J 985; Ss. 8(c), 22, 29, 42, 43, 66 and 67: c Narcotic drugs-Possession of----Search and seizure-Requirement of-Held: Power to make search and seizure founded upon and subject to satisfaction of the authority-Jn terms of provision u/s. J 65 Cr.P. C., and seizure-An authority cannot be given an untrammeled power to infringe the right of privacy of any person-Court has to see 'r· that such right not infringed unnecessarily-Statute mandates that prosecution must prove compliance of the provisions-Jn the absence of any evidence. the Court
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