Supreme Court · 2008 INSC 983 · Decided 27 August 2008
State of Himachal Pradesh v. Sardara Singh
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2008 INSC 983 · [2008] 12 S.C.R. 861
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1354/2008
- Decided
- 27 August 2008
- Bench
- ARIJIT PASAYAT, MUKUNDAKAM SHARMA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- CrPC Section 378(3); NDPS Act Section 15
Headnote
A 8 Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 - s. 378(3) - Application under - For grant of leave to file appeal, against c order of acquittal passed by Trial Court-Summarily dismissed by High Court - Held: Absence of reasons rendered the High _ Court order not sustainable - High Court ought to have set brief, in its order indicative of an application of its mind, all the more when its order is amenable 0 to further avenue of challenge - Direction to High Court, to grant leave, as grounds raised not without substance - Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 - _ s. 15 - Principles
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