Supreme Court · 2007 INSC 687 · Decided 5 June 2007
State of Haryana v. Suresh
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2007 INSC 687 · [2007] 7 S.C.R. 961
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 248/2001
- Decided
- 5 June 2007
- Bench
- ARIJIT PASAYAT, D.K. JAIN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- NDPS Act Section 50, 18
Headnote
B Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985: s. 50-Scope and ambit of-"Search any person "-Meaning of-Held: A bag, brief case or any such container etc. can, under no circumstances be C treated as body of a human being-Therefore, these article cannot be included within the of showing that the words do not mean D what they scy lies heavily on the party who alleges it-Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985-ss. 50 rlw s. 18. Words and Phrases: 'Person' and occurring in s.50 of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic E Substances Act,
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