Supreme Court of India

Khet Singh v. Union of India

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Reported as [2002] 2 S.C.R. 598

Bench R.P. Sethi and K.G. Balakrishnan JJ.

Decided 20 March 2002

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What the Court ordered

We are of the view that the appellant has rightly been found to be in possession of the opium.

Judgment, page 9

Authorities it was built on

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

Where later benches applied it

2023 Rajesh & Anr. v. The State of Madhya Pradesh relied on
2025 Bharat Aambale v. The State of Chhattisgarh referred to
2024 Narcotics Control Bureau v. Kashif referred to

Of those, 1 relied on · 2 referred to

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