Supreme Court of India
Avtar Singh and Ors v. State of Punjab
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What the Court ordered
For the above reasons, we set aside the conviction and sentence of the appellants and allow the appeal.
Judgment, page 7
From the headnote
Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985-Sections 15, 35 and 54-Accused found travelling at odd hour in a vehicle containing poppy husk-Conviction by courts below on presumption as to possession- Correctness of-Held, in the absence of proof presumption as to possession cannot be drawn, hence conviction and sentence set aside-Evidence Act, 1872, Section 114. Words and Phrases : 'Possession '-Meaning of According to the prosecution appellant No.3 was driving a vehicle containing poppy husk bags at odd hour. Appellant Nos. I and 2 were sitting at the back on the bags. Appellants
Where later benches applied it
- 2015 Mohan Lal v. State of Rajasthan
- 2014 Nar Singh v. State of Haryana
- 2025 Rakesh Kumar Raghuvanshi v. The State of Madhya Pradesh
Of those, 2 relied on · 1 referred to
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