Supreme Court · 2020 INSC 606 · Decided 26 October 2020
Raveen Kumar v. State of Himachal Pradesh
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2020 INSC 606 · [2020] 8 S.C.R. 1044
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 2187/2011
- 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 161; Constitution Article 136; NDPS Act Section 20, 20(ii), 20(ii)(C)
Headnote
Criminal Law - Appeal against acquittal - Appellant acquitted u/s.20, NDPS Act - Acquittal reversed by High Court - On appeal, held: Appellant's acquittal was primarily based upon the finding that the case was not one of 'chance recovery' - Trial on the basis of certain averments made in a written reply submitted by prosecution in opposition to appellant's bail application - No opportunity to controvert this reply document was given to the prosecution, nor was PW5 confronted with it - Further, PW1's statement (sole
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