Supreme Court · 2012 INSC 588 · Decided 13 December 2012
Kishan Chand v. State of Haryana
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2012 INSC 588 · [2012] 11 S.C.R. 1010
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1375/2008
- Decided
- 13 December 2012
- Bench
- SWATANTER KUMAR, MADAN B. LOKUR (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 136
Headnote
Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985: c s.42 - Non-compliance of - Held: Provisions of s. 42 or s. 50 being mandatory require exact and definite compliance as opposed to the principle of substantial compliance - The trial court clearly recorded that the 10 did not reduce the send the same to the higher D officer or to the police station for registration of the case - The Investigating Officer, in the examination-in-chief, while referring to the story of the prosecution, does not state that he had made the report immediately upon receiving the secret information and
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