Supreme Court · 1999 INSC 154 · Decided 5 April 1999
Manoj v. State of Madhya Pradesh
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1999 INSC 154 · [1999] 2 S.C.R. 402
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 371/1999
- Decided
- 5 April 1999
- Bench
- K.T. THOMAS, M.B. SHAH (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- CrPC Section 167(1), 167(2), 439; Constitution; NDPS Act
Headnote
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973-Ss. 167 (1) & (2) and 57-Arrest Accused not produced before the Magistrate within 24hrs.-Ejfect of-Held, detention beyond the period of 24hrs. unlawful-Accused entitled to be C released on bail-Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act,1985- S. I 5 (2) of Criminal Procedure Code, 1973. D Appellant was arrested for an offence under S.15 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychhtropic Substances Act, 1985 by Rajasthan Police. He was also involved in an offence under the Act in a Mdahya Pradesh case. Thus, while he was in custody in Rajasthan case, he
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