Supreme Court · 2009 INSC 596 · Decided 23 April 2009
Siate of Punjab v. Nirmal Singh
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2009 INSC 596 · [2009] 9 S.C.R. 917
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1390/2004
- Decided
- 23 April 2009
- Bench
- ARIJIT PASAYAT, A.K. GANGULY (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- NDPS Act Section 50, 15
Headnote
Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985: C' ss. 15 and 50 - Poppy husk found in house of accused - Plea that parameters of s. 50 were not kept in view - Held: In such a case, s.50 has no application, as there was rio personal search - Further there is no legal bar on recording' witness - D Evidence - Official witness. The respondent was convicted by the trial court uls 15 _of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 and sentenced to 10 years RI and a fine of Rs. E 1,00,0001- as Jt held that the charge against the ·respondent of fiaving
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