Supreme Court · 2022 INSC 883 · Decided 30 August 2022
Sanjeet Kumar Singh @ Munna Kumar Singh v. State of Chhattisgarh
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2022 INSC 883 · [2022] 11 S.C.R. 166
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 871/2021
- Decided
- 30 August 2022
- Bench
- INDIRA BANERJEE, V. RAMASUBRAMANIAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution; NDPS Act Section 20(b)(ii)(C), 54
Headnote
Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 - ss.20(b)(ii)(C), 54 Presumption u/s.54 - Appellant concurrently convicted u/s.20(b)(ii)(C) and sentenced, relying on the testimony of PW-7-DSP (who acted both as the informant and the IO) examined as PW-7 claims to have done everything only in the presence of independent witnesses - But those independent witnesses not merely denied their presence and participation but also came up with an explanation as to how their signatures found a place in the documents - Thus,
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