Supreme Court · 2003 INSC 494 · Decided 18 September 2003
Jitendra and ANR. v. State of M.P.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2003 INSC 494 · [2003] SUPP. 3 S.C.R. 918
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1318/2002
- Decided
- 18 September 2003
- Bench
- K.G. BALAKRISHNAN, B.N. SRIKRISHNA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- CrPC Section 173, 465; NDPS Act Section 8, 18, 20
Headnote
Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985-Sections 8, 18 and 20-Seizure of drugs-Conviction of appellants under the Act­ Witnesses turning hostile-Investigating Officer not examined-Held : C Drugs seized were not produced before trial court by prosecution-No material/cogent evidence 173 and 465- Criminal Procedure Code, 197 4. Appellant no. 1 was standing in front of the house of one R along D with a scooter. Appellant permitted, on request by the Police, to search the dickey of the scooter. The search resulted in recovery of one kilogram of charas contained in
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