Supreme Court of India

Kuldeep Singh v. State of Punjab

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Reported as [2010] 15 S.C.R. 297
Bench Altamas Kabir and A.K. Patnaik JJ.
Decided 23 September 2010

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Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985: s. 42 - Non-collection of samples of contraband at initial c stage of seizure - Seizure of 150 kg poppy husk concealed in four bags - Contraband sealed and taken to Police Station - S. . 0. at the Police Station broke open the seals, mixed the contraband, took samples and again sealed the bags - Conviction of accused - HELD: Non-collection of samples at 0 the initial stage of seizure was a defect, which could not have been cured in the manner in which it was done by opening the bags which had been sealed by PW-2 and mixing the contents

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