Supreme Court · 2008 INSC 950 · Decided 20 August 2008
Hardip Singh v. State of Punjab
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2008 INSC 950 · [2008] 12 S.C.R. 311
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 737/2007
- Decided
- 20 August 2008
- Bench
- ARIJIT PASAYAT, MUKUNDAKAM SHARMA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
Headnote
-., Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 - s. 18 - Recovery of 7 kgs opium from the possession of c accused - Defense case that Investigating Officer nourishing personal grudge against accused, thus accused falsely im- p/icated in a criminal case - Conviction and sentence of 10 On appeal, held: Defense version is a story of whims and caprices of accused, thus, is not trust- D worthy and is rejected - There was no question of bias - In- vestigating Officer made recoveries of opium and seized the same and thus, was rightly made the Investigating Officer in the case -
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