Supreme Court · 2019 INSC 837 · Decided 30 July 2019
Vijay Pandey v. State of Uttar Pradesh
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2019 INSC 837 · [2019] 10 S.C.R. 774
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1143/2019
- Decided
- 30 July 2019
- Bench
- ASHOK BHUSHAN, NAVIN SINHA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- NDPS Act Section 8, 15, 50, 31
Headnote
Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 - ss. 8, 15 - Prosecution case that appellant was carrying 10 kgs. of opium - Appellant contended that he was falsely implicated - Trial Court convicted appellant u/ss. 8, 15 of NDPS Act - High Court upheld the On appeal, held: No independent witness from the locality was included in the investigation and all the witnesses were police officials - There was no explanation for the non-availability of any independent witness in a residential locality - Further, though the Laboratory report of
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