Supreme Court · 2003 INSC 692 · Decided 6 December 2003
State of Punjab v. Bhag Singh
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2003 INSC 692 · [2003] SUPP. 6 S.C.R. 904
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 778/1997
- Decided
- 6 December 2003
- Bench
- DORAISWAMY RAJU, ARIJIT PASAYAT (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- CrPC Section 378(3); Constitution Article 141; NDPS Act
Headnote
Practice and Prrxedure : Judgment-Reasons-Giving of-Accused acquitted by trial court- C High Court refused to grant leave to appeal under S. 378(3) Cr.P.C. without giving reasons-Correctness of-Held: Reasons substitute subjec­ tivity by objectivity-Right to reason is an indispensable part of a 1950: Article 141-Declaration of law-Judicial discipline to abide by­ Held: cannot be forsaken even by the highest Court in a State. The respondent-accused was tried for an offence under Section E 18 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985. The trial court held that the
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