Supreme Court of India
Ghasita Sahu v. State of Madhya Pradesh
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Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985: ss.42, 50 and 51 - Search of house - Conditions under s.42 complied by the Investigating Officer- 17. 750 kg. of ganja c recovered from one room - Right of accused to have search made in presence of Magistrate or Gazetted officer-Allegation of breach of such right- Held : Right is available where search is of 'person' of the accused - Since search was of his house, there was no breach of any right - Conviction upheld - Courts below awarded sentence of 5 years- Considering that accused was middle-aged and coming from poor background,
Where later benches applied it
- 2013 Gulam Sarbar v. State of Bihar (now Jharkhand)
- 2013 Gian Chand & Ors. v. State of Haryana
- 2024 Opg Power Generation Private Limited v. Enexio Power Cooling Solutions India Private Limited & Anr.
Of those, 2 referred to · 1 mentioned
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