Supreme Court · 2014 INSC 201 · Decided 25 March 2014
Union of India v. Sheo Shambhu Giri
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2014 INSC 201 · [2014] 3 S.C.R. 803
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1027/2008
- Decided
- 25 March 2014
- Bench
- B.S. CHAUHAN, JASTI CHELAMESWAR (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- NDPS Act Section 23, 29
Headnote
A B Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985: s.23 - Applicability of - Held: s.23 creates three offences i.e. import into India, export out of India; and transhipment of any C narcotic drug or psychotropic substance - Word "transhipment" occurring u/s. 23 must necessarily be and the preceding expressions of ''import into India" and "export out of India" to mean only transhipment for the purpose of D either import into India or export out of India - In the instant case, no evidence to prove that the respondent was carrying contraband either in the
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