Supreme Court of India
Union of India v. Leen Martin & Anr.
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In view of the above and having regard to the fact that t he incident is of the year 2004, we find no reason to interfere wit h the impugned order passed by the High Court.
Judgment, page 5
From the headnote
Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 198 5 – ss.8(c), 23 – Contraband goods – Recovery of hashis h weighing 12.03 kg from respondent no.1 – Conviction under ss .8(c), 23 – High Court acquitted respondent no.1 of all charges on the ground that the prosecution failed to establish that the panchas were p resent during seizure procedure and the testimony of intell igence officer (PW-1) relied upon by trial court was highly inconsistent and full of contradictions – On appeal, held: Evidence of indep endent witnesses contradicted the statement of PW-1 – They cat egorically stated that
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