Supreme Court · 2024 INSC 290 · Decided 9 April 2024
SMT. Najmunisha v. The State of Gujarat
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2024 INSC 290 · [2024] 4 S.C.R. 442
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 2319/2009
- Decided
- 9 April 2024
- Bench
- ANIRUDDHA BOSE, AUGUSTINE GEORGE MASIH (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- Evidence Act Section 6; NDPS Act Section 41(2)
Headnote
As per the prosecution, secret information was received by PW-2 (Intelligence Officer/Inspector) as to Accused No. 4 (husband of Accused No.1) carrying contraband from a particular route in an auto rickshaw. Said secret information was recorded by her and reported (Zonal Officer, a Gazetted Officer). The raiding party chased the said auto rickshaw however, Accused No.4 allegedly abandoned it fleeing away from the scene. On conducting the search of the said auto rickshaw, the raiding party inter alia found 1.450 Kgs charas. It eventually searched the
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