Supreme Court of India

State of Orissa v. Kanduri Sahoo

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Reported as [2003] SUPP. 6 S.C.R. 487
Bench Doraiswamy Raju and Arijit Pasayat JJ.
Decided 4 December 2003

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Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985: S.20(b)(i)-Accused foun.d in possession of contraband articles­ Sample sent for chemical examination after four days of alleged recovery- During this period articles alleged to be kept in Excise Malkhana-Report of chemical examiner being positive-Conviction by trial court-Acquittal by High Court on the ground that there was no explanation about custody of articles from the date of alleged recove1y to the date of sending the samples for chemical examination-Held, merely because the articles were kept in Excise Malkhana for four days that

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