Supreme Court of India
State of Haryana v. Jarnail Singh and Ors.
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What the Court ordered
We are of the view that the judgment and order of the High Court are clearly erroneous and must be set aside.
Judgment, page 4
From the headnote
Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985-Sections 50 and 42-Recovery of contraband article on search of vehicle at public place, Superintendent of Police being the member of search party-Application of Sections 50 and 42--Compliance of the mandatory requirement-Held: Jn such factual situation, Section 50 not applicable since contraband recovered on search of vehicle in public place and not personal search- /so Section 42 not applicable since there was no requirement of the officer conducting search to record grounds of his belief as contemplated by proviso to Section 42-Moreover
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