Supreme Court · 2012 INSC 608 · Decided 13 December 2012
Sukhdev Singh v. State of Haryana
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2012 INSC 608 · [2012] 11 S.C.R. 964
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 2118/2008
- Decided
- 13 December 2012
- Bench
- SWATANTER KUMAR, MADAN B. LOKUR (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- NDPS Act Section 42(2), 50, 15, 42
Headnote
Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 - s.42(2) [as pre-amended] and s.15 - Reporting of C information reduced to writing to higher officer - Non­ compliance - Effect - Held: On facts, the information was received by PW1 Investigating Officer on 4th February, 1994, thus, s.42(2) Act No.9 of 2001 would not apply, and instead the D pre-amended s.42(2) would govern the case - PW1, while on patrol duty, had received secret information against the accused - However, as per the statement of PW1, no effort was made by him to reduce the information into writing and inform
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