Supreme Court · 2018 INSC 166 · Decided 16 February 2018
The State of Himachal Pradesh v. Pardeep Kumar ETC.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2018 INSC 166 · [2018] 2 S.C.R. 656
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 276/2018
- Decided
- 16 February 2018
- Bench
- RANJAN GOGOI, R. BANUMATHI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- NDPS Act
Headnote
Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 - s.20 r/w. s.29 - Conviction under - Propriety of - On 27.01.2009 a police party on patroling duty on National Highway 21 on Manali- Kullu road, signaled a car to stop - Vehicle stopped and a person the car, while accused-respondent nos.1 and 2 were found sitting in the car - On search, rucksack containing cannabis mixture found from the car - Trial court convicted and sentenced the accused for offences u/s. 20 r/w. s.29 - High Court in appeal reversed the order of
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