Supreme Court · 2002 INSC 113 · Decided 1 March 2002
State of Haryana v. Vidhya Dhar
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2002 INSC 113 · [2002] 2 S.C.R. 151
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1893/1996
- Decided
- 1 March 2002
- Bench
- R.P. SETHI, K.G. BALAKRISHNAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- NDPS Act Section 18, 50
Headnote
B Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985-Sections 18 and 50-Procedural illegality in investigation-Recovery of opium from accused-Accused given opportunity to effect the search in presence of Gazetted C Officer or Magistrate which was declined-Inspector took sample from opium and his own seal on the sample-Samples sent for chemical analysis and on basis of report charge sheet filed-Accused alleged tampering with the seal-Deposition .of Sub-Inspector and Station House Officer-No cross-examination regarding tampering with seal-Trial D Court convicted the accused-High Court
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