Supreme Court · 2015 INSC 341 · Decided 21 April 2015
Makhan Singh v. State of Haryana
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2015 INSC 341 · [2015] 5 S.C.R. 789
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 682/2015
- Decided
- 21 April 2015
- Bench
- T.S. THAKUR, R. BANUMATHI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- NDPS Act Section 15, 50
Headnote
Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985: A B ss. 15 - Recovery of contraband from the vehicle driven by C the accused- Conviction by courts below- On appeal, held: The independent witnesses have not supported the prosecution case and recovery of the contraband not satisfactorily cannot be sustained - Accused liable to be D acquitted. s. 50- Scope of- Conviction u/s. 15 of the NDPS Act..,. Reliance on compliance of s.50 - Held: Mere compliance with s. 50 by itself would not be sufficient to establish the guilt E of the accused - s. 50 comes into play only in the case of
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