Supreme Court · 2007 INSC 712 · Decided 21 June 2007
STATE. NCT of Delhi v. Malvinder Singh
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2007 INSC 712 · [2007] 7 S.C.R. 1109
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 433/2002
- Decided
- 21 June 2007
- Bench
- ARIJIT PASAYAT, P.P. NAOLEKAR (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- NDPS Act Section 42, 43, 17
Headnote
B _......, Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985-ss. 42 and 43-Applicability of s. 42-To cases where police officer on patrol duty conducts search and seizure, by stopping the vehicle in transit, in a public c place-Held : In such cases provision of s. 42 is not applicable in view whether in a case where the police officer on patrol duty stops the vehicle in transit in a public place and conducts search and seizure, Section 42 of Narcotic Drugs D and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 is applicable. In this case High Court ~,.. had acquitted the accused on the ground that
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