Supreme Court · 2005 INSC 193 · Decided 8 April 2005
State of Himachal Pradesh v. Pawan Kumar
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2005 INSC 193 · [2005] 3 S.C.R. 417
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 222/1997
- Decided
- 8 April 2005
- Bench
- R.C. LAHOTI, G.P. MATHUR, P.K. BALASUBRAMANYAN (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- NDPS Act
Headnote
A B Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985-Se9tion 50- Applicability of-Held: The provision is applicable only in the case of personal C search of the accused and not of any bag, briefcase, article or container; etc., being carried by him-Contra interpretation would lead to many or impracticable results. Interpretation of Statutes-Literal construction-Held: Statutes should D be construed according to plain, literal and grammatical meaning of the words-Onus of showing that the words do not mean what they say lies heavily on the party who alleges it. ·
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