Supreme Court · 2011 INSC 231 · Decided 29 March 2011
State of Rajasthan v. Tara Singh
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2011 INSC 231 · [2011] 3 S.C.R. 1112
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 262/2006
- Decided
- 29 March 2011
- Bench
- H.S. BEDI, C.K. PRASAD (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- NDPS Act
Headnote
Ncircotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 C - s. 50 - Accused found carrying a gunny bag containing opium on his head - Search and seizure - Samples sent to laboratory for analysis - Accused convicted and sentenced accordingly - High Court setting aside the conviction on two grounds, 50 of the Act, and (ii) o absence of evidence to show as to when the sample had been sent to the laboratory - On appeal, held: Provisions of s. 50 would no longer be applicable to a search such as the one made in the instant case as the opium had been carried on the head in a gunny bag - However,
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