Supreme Court · 2016 INSC 466 · Decided 29 June 2016
Mahiman Singh v. State of Uttarakhand
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2016 INSC 466 · [2016] 3 S.C.R. 173
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 957/2015
- Decided
- 29 June 2016
- Bench
- ABHAY MANOHAR SAPRE, ASHOK BHUSHAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- NDPS Act Section 20, 42, 43, 50
Headnote
Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 - ss. 20, 42, 43 and 50 - Search and recovery of contraband goods from the appellant - Conviction and sentence u/s.20 by the courts below - On appeal, held: Courts below rightly held that the prosecution able to prove their case against the by the prosecution sufficient to warrant the appellant's conviction - Requirements of ss. 42, 43 and 50, complied with at the time of search made from the appellant - Search made in public place, in the presence of gazetted officer and done after giving an offer to the appellant as required under
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