Supreme Court · 2018 INSC 780 · Decided 5 September 2018
S. K. Raju @ Abdul Haque @ Jagga v. State of West Bengal
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2018 INSC 780 · [2018] 10 S.C.R. 731
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 459/2017
- Decided
- 5 September 2018
- Bench
- DIPAK MISRA, D.Y. CHANDRACHUD, INDIRA BANERJEE (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- NDPS Act Section 20(b)(ii)(c), 42, 43
Headnote
Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 - s.20(b)(ii)(c) - Recovery of 1.5 kgs of Charas from accused- appellant - PW2, on receipt of information that a drug dealer would be in vicinity of a club, sought permission to organize the raid - After grant party reached the spot and intercepted appellant walking on the road - Before conducting search, option was given to the appellant whether he wished to be searched before the gazetted officer or the magistrate - Appellant opted for gazetted officer - When PW-4-gazetted officer
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