Supreme Court · 2008 INSC 820 · Decided 14 July 2008
Union of India v. Satrohan
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2008 INSC 820 · [2008] 10 S.C.R. 888
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1145/2001
- Decided
- 14 July 2008
- Bench
- ARIJIT PASAYAT, P. SATHASIVAM (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
Headnote
Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 - ss. 41, 42, 50, 57 and 67 - Recovery of 309 kgs of poppy c straws from house of accused - Conviction and sentence of 10 years RI - However, acquittal by High Court for non-com­ pliance of ss. 42(2) and 50 and father of accused had licence are two different entries and are not interchangeable - Plea that the articles seized might have been covered by father's licence is D without any basis- Jn the.confessional statement the accused clearly stated about the ownership - There has been no re­ traction at any point of time -
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