Supreme Court · 2010 INSC 196 · Decided 5 April 2010
State of Punjab v. Lakhwinder Singh & ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2010 INSC 196 · [2010] 4 S.C.R. 92
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 32/2009
- Decided
- 5 April 2010
- Bench
- MUKUNDAKAM SHARMA, A.K. PATNAIK (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- NDPS Act Section 15
Headnote
Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 - s. 15 - Punishment for contravention in relation to poppy C st~aw - Respondents found in possession of 35 bags of poppy husk - Conviction u/s. 15 by trial court - Set aside by High Court - On appeal, held: Evidence clearly established that of contraband goods - Failure of defence to prove that seizure and seal put o in the samples were ever tampered with before it was examined by Chemical Examiner - Delay of seven days in sending samples to the examinernot fatal since the seal was found intact at the time of examination - Thus,
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