Supreme Court · 2022 INSC 691 · Decided 11 July 2022
State of West Bengal v. Rakesh Singh @ Rakesh Kumar Singh
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2022 INSC 691 · [2022] 14 S.C.R. 538
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 923/2022
- Decided
- 11 July 2022
- Bench
- DINESH MAHESHWARI, ANIRUDDHA BOSE (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- NDPS Act Section 27A, 37, 21(b), 29
Headnote
Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 - ss.27A, 37, and 21(b)/29 - Rigours of provisions of s.37 relating to grant of bail - Inapplicability - Cocaine, a contraband drug, recovered from a motorcar with three occupants - Respondent accused - Accusation against respondent pertaining to offence u/s. 27A that he along with other co-accused hatched criminal conspiracy to implicate two occupants of the motorcar under the NDPS Act out of personal grudge - Prosecution alleged that respondent got the contraband
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