Supreme Court · 2015 INSC 401 · Decided 12 May 2015
State of Haryana v. Asha Devi and ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2015 INSC 401 · [2015] 6 S.C.R. 348
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1953/2009
- Decided
- 12 May 2015
- Bench
- PINAKI CHANDRA GHOSE, UDAY UMESH LALIT (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
Headnote
Narcotic Drugs and Psycotropic Substances Act, 1985 C - s. 20 - Appeal against acquittal - On facts, search and seizure of 11 kgs of intoxicated drug-ganja from the wife and her husband - Wife apprehended, however, her husband managed to escape - Trial court finding the prosecution D evidence the prosecution failed to prove its charges beyond reasonable doubts, acquitted them of the charges - High Court upheld the said order - On appeal, held: Assessment of evidence and consideration of the matter by both the courts as regards E no independent witness; husband could not have fled in
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