Supreme Court · 1993 INSC 92 · Decided 16 March 1993
Gaunter Edwin Kircher v. State of Goa, Secretariat, Panaji, Goa
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1993 INSC 92 · [1993] 2 S.C.R. 337
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 642/1991
- Decided
- 16 March 1993
- Bench
- K. JAYACHANDRA REDDY, G.N. RAY (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- CrPC Section 313; NDPS Act Section 8
Headnote
B .-'4_ Narcotic Dntgs and Psychotropic Substances Ac~ 1985 : Section 27-Benefit of-When could be extended to the accused-Two pieces of cltaras seized from accused-Only one piece weighing less than 5 c gms. sent for chemical examinati01r--Laboratory report confimiing the piece to be containing to benefit of lesser pwiishment-f'rocedure _,_ for sending substance for chemical analysis indicated. The appellant, a foreign national, was convicted by the trial court D under Section 20(b)(ii) of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substan- ces Act, 1985 and sentenced to undergo ten years'
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