Supreme Court of India

Narcotics Central Bureau v. Sukh Dev Raj Sodhi

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Reported as [2011] 6 S.C.R. 974
Bench Asok Kumar Ganguly and Deepak Verma JJ.
Decided 20 May 2011

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Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985: s.50 -Requirement under- Compliance of - Held: s.50 is not complied with by merely informing the accused of his option to be searched either in the presence of a Gazetted officer or before a Magistrate - Requirement continues even after that and it is required that the accused person is actually brought before the Gazetted officer or the Magistrate and in order to impart authenticity, transparency and creditworthiness to the entire proceedings, an endeavour should be made by the , prosecuting agency to produce the suspect before the

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