Supreme Court of India

Sekhar Suman Verma v. The Superintendent of N.C.B. & Anr.

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Reported as [2016] 4 S.C.R. 809
Bench Abhay Manohar Sapre J.
Decided 29 June 2016

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Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 - ss. 21, 42 and 50 - Conviction u/s. 21 by courts below - Plea that the conviction not legally sustainable for non-compliance of the provisions u/ss. 42 and 50 - Held: The raiding party who conducted search and seizure from the accused consisted of gazetted officer - Also the accused was given option of being searched by the Gazetted Officer - Thus, there was no necessity to ensure compliance of s.42 and raiding party followed the procedure to ensure compliane of s.50 - Courts below rightly convicted the accused - Appeal of the accused

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