Supreme Court · 2023 INSC 424 · Decided 25 April 2023
Harbhajan Singh v. State of Haryana
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2023 INSC 424 · [2023] 3 S.C.R. 545
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1480/2011
- Decided
- 25 April 2023
- Bench
- ABHAY S. OKA, RAJESH BINDAL (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- CrPC Section 313; NDPS Act Section 25, 35
Headnote
Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985: ss. 25, 35 - Applicability of s. 25 - When - Presumption of culpable mental state u/s. 35 - When, available -On facts, truck found lying turtle and bags of powder scattered which on investigation found to be and the cleaner coming out of the truck and disclosed the name of the owner- appellant, and fled away - Conviction of the appellant u/s. 25 and imposition of imprisonment for 10 years by the courts below - On appeal, held: s. 25 provides that if an owner of a vehicle knowingly
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