Supreme Court of India

Dilbagh Singh v. State of Punjab

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Reported as [2016] 7 S.C.R. 781
Bench Dipak Misra and Amitava Roy JJ.
Decided 28 November 2016

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Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, I985: ss.50, 57 - Applicability of - Recovery of six bags of poppy husk from car - Conviction by courts below - Plea of non-compliance of ss.50 and 57 - Held: Since the contraband were recovered from inside the car, s.50 is not applicable - As regards the applicability of s.57, both the courts below concurrently concluded that the Investigating Officer at the site had, after the arrest of the accused persons and seizure of the contraband forwarded the said information to his higher officer, namely, Deputy Superintendent of Police without any

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