Supreme Court of India
Ram Swaroop v. State (govt. Nct) of Delhi
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In view of the aforesaid premised reasons, the appeal, being devoid of merit, stands dismissed.
Judgment, page 10
From the headnote
Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 - Search and seizure - Reliance placed only on the testimony of official witnesses I police officials - Non-examination of independent witnesses - Effect - Held: There is no absolute rule that police officers cannot be cited as witnesses and their depositions should be treated with suspect - Generally the public at large are reluctant to come forward to depose before the court and, therefore, the prosecution case cannot be doubted for non-examining the independent witnesses - In the case at hand, the evidence of PW-7 (Sub Inspector) was
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