Supreme Court · 2003 INSC 690 · Decided 4 December 2003
State of Orissa v. Kanduri Sahoo
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2003 INSC 690 · [2003] SUPP. 6 S.C.R. 487
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 804/1997
- Decided
- 4 December 2003
- Bench
- DORAISWAMY RAJU, ARIJIT PASAYAT (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- NDPS Act Section 20(b)(i)
Headnote
B Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985: S.20(b)(i)-Accused foun.d in possession of contraband articles­ Sample sent for chemical examination after four days of alleged recovery- C During this period articles alleged to be kept in Excise Malkhana-Report of chemical examiner about custody of articles from the date of alleged recove1y to the date of sending the samples for chemical examination-Held, merely because the articles were kept in Excise Malkhana for four days that would not make the prosecution D versions suspect-Though there was no specific order
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