Supreme Court · 2020 INSC 543 · Decided 10 September 2020
Rizwan Khan v. The State of Chhattisgarh
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2020 INSC 543 · [2020] 7 S.C.R. 546
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 580/2020
- Decided
- 10 September 2020
- Bench
- ASHOK BHUSHAN, M.R. SHAH, R. SUBHASH REDDY (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- CrPC Section 313; NDPS Act Section 42, 55, 20(b)(ii)(B), 50
Headnote
Narcotic Drugs & Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 - ss.20(b)(ii)(B), 20(b)(ii)(C), 42, 50, 55 - Appellant-accused along with others was found with contraband articles in the vehicle - Convicted u/s.20(b)(ii)(B) - Held: No error committed by both the courts the accused relying upon the deposition of the police officials which is reliable and trustworthy - Compliance of the procedure prescribed u/ss.42, 55 has also been established and proved - It was established and proved that the samples which were seized and sealed from the
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