Supreme Court of India

Raj Kumar Karwal v. Union of India and Ors.

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Reported as [1990] 2 S.C.R. 63

Bench A.M. Ahmadi J.

Decided 21 March 1990

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What the Court ordered

We are of the opinion that the view taken by the Delhi High Court in the impugned Judgment, which is in accord with the view taken by the Allahabad High Court in Mahesh v.

Judgment, page 21

From the headnote

Narcotic Drugs & Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985: Sections 36A(d), 52, 52A, 53-Whether Officers of Department of Revenue Intelligence invested with powers under section 53 are "police officers' ...._..J._ within the meaning of section 25 of the Evidence Act . The officers of the Department of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) intercepted one truck. On search, a large quantity of hashish was recovered. In the course of investigation the names of the appellant and the petitioner surfaced. Both of them made confessional statements to the DRI officials. /" Complaints were lodged against the appellant

Authorities it was built on

1968 Illias v. Collector of Customs, Madras cited by 10

Where later benches applied it

2020 Union of India v. Ashok Kumar Sharma and Others referred to
2013 Tofan Singh v. State of Tamil Nadu referred to
2023 Balwinder Singh (binda) v. The Narcotics Control Bureau mentioned
2020 Tofan Singh v. State of Tamil Nadu mentioned
2011 Ram Singh v. Central Bureau of Narcotics mentioned
2009 Jeewan Kumar Raut & Anr. v. Central Bureau of Investigation, mentioned
2006 Francis Stanly@ Stalin v. Intelligence Officer, Narcotic Control Bureau, Thiruvananthapuram mentioned
2004 Ramesh Chandra Rampratapji Daga v. Rameshwari Ramesh Chandra Daga mentioned
1994 Supreme Court Legal Aid Committee Representing Undertrial Prisoners v. Union of India and Ors. mentioned

Of those, 2 referred to · 7 mentioned

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