Supreme Court of India
Jarnail Singh v. State of Punjab
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What the Court ordered
We are of the considered opinion that mere delay in sending the sample of the narcotic to the office of the Chemical Examiner would not be sufficient to conclude that the sample has been tampered with.
Judgment, page 17
From the headnote
Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985: s.50 - Scope, ambit and applicability of- Held: S.50 can be invoked only in cases where the drug/narcotic is recovered as a consequence of body search of the accused - In case, the recovery of the narcotic is made from a container being 0 carried by an individual, the provisions of s.50 would not be attracted. Opium seized from accused - Gap of 12 days between the seizure and the sending of opium sample to the Chemical examiner - Held: On facts, the delay in sending the samples was not fatal to the prosecution case - There was no infirmity
Where later benches applied it
- 2021 Kallu Khan v. State of Rajasthan
- 2025 Jothi @ Nagajothi v. The State, Rep. by the Inspector of Police
- 2020 Surinder Kumar v. State of Punjab
- 2015 Kulwinder Singh &anr. v. State of Punjab
Of those, 1 relied on · 3 referred to
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