Supreme Court of India
Jitendra and Anr. v. State of M.P.
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What the Court ordered
We are of the view that upon the material placed on record it would be unsafe to convict the appellants.
Judgment, page 7
From the headnote
Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985-Sections 8, 18 and 20-Seizure of drugs-Conviction of appellants under the Act Witnesses turning hostile-Investigating Officer not examined-Held : Drugs seized were not produced before trial court by prosecution-No material/cogent evidence was placed before trial court about seizure from the appellants-Hence, convictions set aside-Sections 173 and 465- Criminal Procedure Code, 197 4. Appellant no. 1 was standing in front of the house of one R along with a scooter. Appellant permitted, on request by the Police, to search the dickey of the
Where later benches applied it
- 2023 Mangilal v. The State of Madhya Pradesh
- 2013 Vijay Jain v. State of Madhya Pradesh
- 2025 Kailas S/o Bajirao Pawar v. The State of Maharashtra
- 2020 Than Kunwar v. State of Haryana
- 2019 State of Rajasthan v. Sahi Ram
Of those, 2 relied on · 3 referred to
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