Supreme Court · 1996 INSC 138 · Decided 29 January 1996
Raghbir Singh v. State of Haryana
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1996 INSC 138 · [1996] 1 S.C.R. 1011
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 92/1996
- Decided
- 29 January 1996
- Bench
- J.S. VERMA, S.P. BHARUCHA, SUJATA V. MANOHAR (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- NDPS Act Section 5
Headnote
Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985-Section 5{}-Right of accused to be searched in presence of a Gazetted Officer or a Magistrate-<:hoice of nearest Gazetted Officer or Magistrate has to be exer­ cised by the Officer making search. The Appellant was charged with an offence The trial Judge convicted the accused of the offence punishable u/s 18 of the Act and A B c he was sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for a term of ten years. In the appeal before the High Court the appellant contended that D the provisions of section SO had not been complied with, but the
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