Supreme Court of India
The State of Himachal Pradesh v. Pardeep Kumar Etc.
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What the Court ordered
We are of the opinion that the grounds on which the High Court have reversed the findings of conviction of the accused-respondents ought not to be accepted.
Judgment, page 5
From the headnote
Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 19 85 – s.20 r/w. s.29 – Conviction under – Propriety of – On 27.01.2009 a police party on patroling duty on National Highway 21 on Manali- Kullu road, signaled a car to stop – Vehicle stopped and a p erson allegedly fled away from the car, while accused-respo ndent nos.1 and 2 were found sitting in the car – On search, rucksack c ontaining cannabis mixture found from the car – Trial court c onvicted and sentenced the accused for offences u/s. 20 r/w. s.29 – igh Court in appeal reversed the order of conviction on the g round that prosecution
Where later benches applied it
- 2021 Guru Dutt Pathak v. State of Uttar Pradesh
- 2025 Renuka Prasad v. The State Represented by Assistant Superintendent of Police
- 2020 Rizwan Khan v. The State of Chhattisgarh
Of those, 1 relied on · 2 referred to
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