Supreme Court of India

State of Punjab. v. Balbir Singh and Ors. Etc. Etc.

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Reported as [1994] 2 S.C.R. 208

Bench S. Ratnavel Pandjan and K. Jayachandra Reddy JJ.

Decided 1 March 1994

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From the headnote

c Narcotic Drugs and l'sychotropic Substances Ac4 1985 : Sections 41, 42 and l'rovistr-Search and Amst-Wa"ant issued by a Magistrate not em powered-Action would be illegal-Section 42(2) held mandatory. l'roviso to Section 42-Search without warrant between sunrise and sunset-Officer must record thl! grounds of belief-To this extent provision is mandatory. Section SO-Applicability of-When officer pnceeds under Cr.l'. . without prior infonnation under N_Dl's Act Section SO is not attracted-When there is chance recovery of Narcotic Drugs from that stage provisions of Section SO are applicable.

Authorities it was built on

1979 State of Maharasiitra v. Natwarlal Damodardas Soni cited by 11

Where later benches applied it

2024 Smt. Najmunisha v. The State of Gujarat relied on
2020 Anwar Ali and Another v. The State of Himachal Pradesh referred to
2016 Dilbagh Singh v. State of Punjab referred to
2016 State of Rajasthan v. Jag Raj Singh @ Hansa referred to
2014 State of H.P. v. Sunil Kumar referred to
2011 State of Delhi v. Ram Avtar@ Rama referred to
2013 Gurjant Singh @ Janta v. State of Punjab not applicable

Of those, 1 relied on · 5 referred to · 1 not applicable

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