Supreme Court · 2010 INSC 640 · Decided 23 September 2010
Kuldeep Singh v. State of Punjab
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2010 INSC 640 · [2010] 15 S.C.R. 297
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1842/2010
- Decided
- 23 September 2010
- Bench
- ALTAMAS KABIR, A.K. PATNAIK (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- Evidence Act; NDPS Act Section 15
Headnote
Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985: A B s. 42 - Non-collection of samples of contraband at initial c stage of seizure - Seizure of 150 kg poppy husk concealed in four bags - Contraband sealed and taken to Police Station - S. H. 0. at the Police Station broke open the seals, mixed sealed the bags - Conviction of accused - HELD: Non-collection of samples at 0 the initial stage of seizure was a defect, which could not have been cured in the manner in which it was done by opening the bags which had been sealed by PW-2 and mixing the contents thereof - The seizure and
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