Supreme Court · 2023 INSC 634 · Decided 12 July 2023
Mangilal v. The State of Madhya Pradesh
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2023 INSC 634 · [2023] 10 S.C.R. 517
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1651/2023
- Decided
- 12 July 2023
- Bench
- A.S. BOPANNA, M.M. SUNDRESH (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- Evidence Act Section 114(g); NDPS Act Section 15(c), 50, 25, 29
Headnote
Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substance Act, 1985 - s.52A - Non-compliance of - Held: - In the present case, search warrant under Exhibit P-4 acknowledged the fact that procedure contemplated under the NDPS Act was not followed - Also, one of the witnesses to the while the other turned hostile - Both the witnesses to the arrest memo were not examined - The record also indicates that an order was passed by the trial Judge permitting the prosecution to keep the seized materials within the police station, to be produced at a later point of
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