Supreme Court · 2020 INSC 1 · Decided 6 January 2020
Surinder Kumar v. State of Punjab
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2020 INSC 1 · [2020] 1 S.C.R. 307
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 512/2009
- Decided
- 6 January 2020
- Bench
- N.V. RAMANA, R. SUBHASH REDDY, BHUSHAN RAMKRISHNA GAVAI (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- NDPS Act Section 50, 18
Headnote
Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985: s. 50 - Recovery of opium - Trial - Conviction - Confirmed in appeal by High Court - Appeal to Supreme Court - Held: No violation of s. 50 - Chain of evidence was complete - Non- examination of the facts of the case. Dismissing the appeal, the Court HELD : 1. The ASI after producing the case property before the Court, returned the case property to PW-3 with the seals intact. ASI was not in possession of seals of either of the investigating officer or of PW-3. Therfore, the question of
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