Supreme Court · 2020 INSC 607 · Decided 26 October 2020
Rajesh Dhiman v. State of Himachal Pradesh
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2020 INSC 607 · [2020] 8 S.C.R. 1057
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1032/2013
- Decided
- 26 October 2020
- Bench
- N.V. RAMANA, SURYA KANT, HRISHIKESH ROY (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- CrPC Section 313; Constitution; NDPS Act Section 20
Headnote
Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 - s.20 - Both the appellants were travelling on a motorcycle and one of them was with a backpack slung over his shoulders - A police team stopped and searched them - They discovered polythene bags weighing 3 Kg 100 - The prosecution examined nine witnesses to support their case of chance recovery, which included eight police officials and one independent witness, PW-3 - The appellant did not lead any defence evidence but propounded an alternative version and claimed that while returning from a
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