Supreme Court of India

State of Haryana v. Suresh

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Reported as [2007] 7 S.C.R. 961
Bench Dr. Arijit Pasayat and D. K. Jain JJ.
Decided 5 June 2007

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What the Court ordered

In view of the aforesaid judgment by a three Judge Bench of this Court, the acquittal. as directed by the High Court, is clearly unsustainable.

Judgment, page 8

From the headnote

Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985: s. 50-Scope and ambit of- "Search any person "-Meaning of-Held: bag, brief case or any such container etc. can, under no circumstances be treated as body of a human being-Therefore, these article cannot be included within the ambit of the person occurring in s. 50-Interpretation of Statutes. Interpretation of Statutes : Literal interpretation-Onus of showing that the words do not mean what they scy lies heavily on the party who alleges it-Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985-ss. 50 rlw s. 18. Words and Phrases: 'Person' and

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 1 referred to

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