Supreme Court · 2018 INSC 82 · Decided 1 February 2018
Union of India v. Leen Martin & ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2018 INSC 82 · [2018] 1 S.C.R. 656
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 2150/2011
- Decided
- 1 February 2018
- Bench
- N.V. RAMANA, S. ABDUL NAZEER (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- NDPS Act Section 8(c), 23, 67
Headnote
Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 - ss.8(c), 23 - Contraband goods - Recovery of hashish weighing 12.03 kg from respondent no.1 - Conviction under ss.8(c), 23 - High Court acquitted respondent no.1 of all charges on the ground that the prosecution panchas were present during seizure procedure and the testimony of intelligence officer (PW-1) relied upon by trial court was highly inconsistent and full of contradictions - On appeal, held: Evidence of independent witnesses contradicted the statement of PW-1 - They categorically
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