Supreme Court of India

U.O.I. v. Bal Mukund & Ors.

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Reported as [2009] 5 S.C.R. 205

Bench S.B. Sinha, Dr. Mukundakam Sharma and H.L. Dattu JJ.

Decided 31 March 2009

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What the Court ordered

In view of the aforesaid decisions, yet such a confession must be subject to closer scrutiny than a confession made to private citizens or officials who do not c have investigating powers under the Act.

Judgment, page 22

From the headnote

Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 - ss. 42, 55 and 67 - Standing Instruction No. 1188 - Receipt c of secret information - Search leading to seizure of contraband - Trial court convicting the accused - High Court setting aside the conviction - Justification of- Held: On facts, justified - There was non-compliance of mandatory ' )( requirements/statutory provisions in respect of search, seizure and taking of samples - Also there was doubt as to whether the purported confessions by accused were voluntary - Moreover the confessions were subsequently retracted and - there was no

Authorities it was built on

1995 Naresh J. Sukhawani v. Union of India cited by 5
2009 Sohel Mehaboob Shaikh v. State of Maharashtra cited by 2

Where later benches applied it

2020 Tofan Singh v. State of Tamil Nadu relied on
2013 Tofan Singh v. State of Tamil Nadu relied on
2020 Jeet Ram v. The Narcotics Control Bureau, Chandigarh referred to
2016 Girish Raghunath Mehta v. Inspector of Customs and Another referred to

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