Supreme Court · 2003 INSC 404 · Decided 19 August 2003
Madan Lal and ANR. v. State of Himachal Pradesh
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2003 INSC 404 · [2003] SUPP. 2 S.C.R. 716
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 786/2002
- Decided
- 19 August 2003
- Bench
- DORAISWAMY RAJU, ARIJIT PASAYAT (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- CrPC Section 313; NDPS Act Section 42
Headnote
Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985: Section 42-Compliance of-Plea that no proof that information C regarding transportation of narcotic drugs transmitted to superior authority-­ Held: On facts, material establishing that information sent without delay to superior officer-Thus Section 50 is applicable in case of personal search of person and not search of vehicle or container D or bag or premises. Section 20-Possession of narcotic drug-Plea that sample sent for analysis varied in weight and there was tampering-Held: when variation in weight is minimal and almost
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