Supreme Court of India

M. Prabhulal v. The Assistant Director, Directorate of Revenue Intelligence

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Reported as [2003] SUPP. 3 S.C.R. 958
Bench Y.K. Sabharwal J.
Decided 19 September 2003

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3 Supreme Court benches have cited this judgment.

What the Court ordered

For the foregoing reasons, the impugned judgment of the High Court D cannot be faulted.

Judgment, page 15

From the headnote

Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 Sections 8(c), 8(1), 18, 21, 29 & 67: Conviction based on statements made under Section 67 before Officers of Department-Allegation of torture and harassment in obtaining the statement making it involuntary-­ Delay in recording the statement put forth as one of the reasons to show that statement was involuntary-Accused making no complaint of torture before the Magistrate-Vague stand of torture taken before Trial Judge under Section 313 Cr.P. .-ln such circumstances, the confessional statement was voluntary-Also, accused failed to establish

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 2 relied on · 1 referred to

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