Supreme Court · 2018 INSC 29 · Decided 17 January 2018
State of Himachal Pradesh v. Trilok Chand & ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2018 INSC 29 · [2018] 1 S.C.R. 255
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 2133/2011
- Decided
- 17 January 2018
- Bench
- N.V. RAMANA, S. ABDUL NAZEER (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- NDPS Act Section 55
Headnote
Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 - s.55 - Contraband goods - Recovery of - Conviction of respondents- accused under s.20 and sentence of 10 years rigorous imprisonment - Acquittal by High Court - State's appeal against acquittal on the discrepancies in the prosecution case and without assigning any plausible reason allowed the appeals of accused - Held: The discrepancies in the prosecution case highlighted were the evidence of DW-1 that on the fateful day, police officials asked him to load gunny bags lying outside the
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