Supreme Court · 2002 INSC 421 · Decided 3 October 2002
Narayanaswamy Ravishankar v. Asstt Director, Directorate of Revenue Intelligence
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2002 INSC 421 · [2002] SUPP. 3 S.C.R. 121
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 770/2002
- Decided
- 3 October 2002
- Bench
- B.N. KIRPAL, ARIJIT PASAYAT, S.B. SINHA (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- NDPS Act Section 42, 43, 50, 57
Headnote
B Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985: Ss. 42, 43, 50 and 57-Heroin recovered from suitcase belonging to accused-Search and seizure taking place at the Airport-Trial court acquitting C the accused for non-compliance of ss.42 and 50-High Court convicting and sentencing him for JO of non-compliance of ss. 42 and 57 raised by accused were rejected-Held, the search and seizure having taken place at a public place, namely, the Airport, provisions of s. 43 were applicable-Therefore, non-compliance uf s.42, if D any, is wholly irrelevant-As regards alleged non-compliance of
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