Supreme Court of India

State of Punjab v. Balkar Singh and Anr.

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Reported as [2004] 3 S.C.R. 25
Bench K.G. Balakrishnan and B.N. Srikrishna JJ.
Decided 16 March 2004

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Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, : S. 15- "Conscious possession "-Accused found sitting on a cluster of bags containing of poppy husk-Prosecution-Trial court held accused to have committed offence under s. 15-Acquittal by High Court-Held, the High Court committed no error in holding that there was no evidence to prove that the accused were in conscious possession of the poppy husk recovered by the police-The prosecution failed to discharge its obligation to prove the possession of the poppy husk by the accused-Recovery was effected from a field in a vii/age-Accused belonging to

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