Supreme Court of India

Ram Swaroop v. State (govt. Nct) of Delhi

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Reported as [2013] 3 S.C.R. 791
Bench B.S. Chauhan J.
Decided 21 May 2013

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What the Court ordered

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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