Supreme Court · 2015 INSC 610 · Decided 25 August 2015
State of Rajasthan v. Jainudeen SHEKHANDANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2015 INSC 610 · [2015] 10 S.C.R. 542
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1085/2015
- Decided
- 25 August 2015
- Bench
- DIPAK MISRA, PRAFULLA C. PANT (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- CrPC Section 250; NDPS Act Section 8, 21(8), 29
Headnote
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 - s.250 - C Compensation for accusation without reasonable cause - Respondents arraigned as accused for the offences punishable u/ss. 8121(8) and 8129 of the 1985Act- Grant of compensation to the respondents by the Special Judge since they suffered illegal custody 0 the seized articles tested from Forensic Science Laboratory and the test showed that the seized items did not contain any contraband artic!e - Said order upheld by the High Court - On appeal, held: Delay is the fulcrum of the reasoning for acquittal - It is apt to note that police while
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