Supreme Court · 2012 INSC 533 · Decided 22 November 2012
Suresh & ORS. v. State of Madhya Pradesh
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2012 INSC 533 · [2012] 10 S.C.R. 1157
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 300/2009
- Decided
- 22 November 2012
- Bench
- P. SATHASIVAM, RANJAN GOGOI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- NDPS Act Section 18, 50
Headnote
Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 A B s. 50, read with ss. 8 and 18 - Search of person of c suspect- Procedure to be followed - Held: Sub-s. (1) of s.50 makes it imperative for the empowered officer to "inform" the suspect of his right that if he so requires, he shall - Failure to do so would vitiate conviction and sentence where the conviction has D been recorded only on the basis of recovery of contraband from the person of the accused - The provision is mandatory and requires strict compliance - In the instant case, merely consent of appellants was
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