Supreme Court · 2025 INSC 96 · Decided 16 January 2025
Rakesh Kumar Raghuvanshi v. The State of Madhya Pradesh
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2025 INSC 96 · [2025] 1 S.C.R. 2008
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1953/2014
- Decided
- 16 January 2025
- Bench
- J.B. PARDIWALA, R MAHADEVAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- CrPC; NDPS Act Section 15
Headnote
Whether the High Court erred in upholding the judgment of the trial court, thereby upholding the appellant guilty of conscious possession of poppy husk. Narcotics, Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 - s.54 - Scope of - Held: As per s.54, unless and until the contrary is proved in trial, it may be presumed that the accused has committed an offence under the Act in respect of any articles prohibited to be possessed by him and for the possession of which, he failed to account satisfactorily - Burden is on
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