Supreme Court · 2005 INSC 374 · Decided 23 August 2005
State of Rajasthan v. Daulat Ram
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2005 INSC 374 · [2005] SUPP. 2 S.C.R. 880
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1067/2005
- Decided
- 23 August 2005
- Bench
- B.P. SINGH, S.H. KAPADIA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 11; CrPC; NDPS Act Section 50, 8, 18
Headnote
Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985-Section 50- Applicabiity of-Search of bag carried by a person on his head-Held: Does not amount to personal search-Section 50 is not applicable. Words and phrases- 'Person' and 'Personal search '-Meaning of-Jn the context of Section 50 of present appeal is whether search of a bag carried by a person on his head and found to contain contraband opium, would amount to personal search and would attract the provisions of Section 50 of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985. E Allowing the appeal, the Court HELD : l. The
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