Supreme Court of India
Ram Singh v. Central Bureau of Narcotics
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We are of the opinion that the confessional statements made by the appellant were voluntary in nature and could form the basis G for conviction.
Judgment, page 12
From the headnote
NARCOTIC DRUGS AND· "PSYCHOTROPIC SUBSTANCES ACT, 1985. ss. 8 and 18-'Conscious possession'-Recovery of opium from a room belonging to a hotel-Conviction of the servant of the hotel on the basis of his confessional statements that he brought the opium to the hotel from the 0 house of its owner on his direction and opium tablets were sold to truck drivers-Affirmed by High Court-Held: Control over the goods is one of the tests to ascertain conscious possession so also the title - servant of a hotel cannot be said to be in-possession of contraband belonging to his master unless it is proved that
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