Supreme Court of India

Jitendra and Anr. v. State of M.P.

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Reported as [2003] SUPP. 3 S.C.R. 918
Bench K.G. Balakrishnan and B.N. Srikrishna JJ.
Decided 18 September 2003

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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

Of those, 2 relied on · 3 referred to

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