Supreme Court of India

State of Rajasthan v. Sahi Ram

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Reported as [2019] 14 S.C.R. 1117
Bench Uday Umesh Lalit and Vineet Saran JJ.
Decided 27 September 2019

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We are of the view that upon the material placed on record it would be unsafe to convict the appellants.

Judgment, page 8

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Narcotic Dr ugs and Psychotr opic Substances Act, 1985: s.8 r/w s.15 – Conviction under – By Special Court – In appeal, High Cour t acquitted the accused holding that failur e to exhibit the entir e contraband material befor e the Cour t was fatal and hence evidence r egar ding alleged seizur e was liable to be discarded – Appeal to Supr eme Cour t – Held: In the facts of the present case, seizur e of the contraband was conclusively pr oved – If the seizur e of the material is other wise pr oved on r ecord and is not even doubted or disputed, entir e contraband need not be placed befor e the

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