Supreme Court of India

Vijay Pandey v. State of Uttar Pradesh

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Reported as [2019] 10 S.C.R. 774
Bench Ashok Bhushan and Navin Sinha JJ.
Decided 30 July 2019

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Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 – ss. 8, 15 – Prosecution case that appellant was carryin g 10 kgs. of opium – Appellant contended that he was falsely implicated – Trial Court convicted appellant u/ss. 8, 15 of NDPS Act – High Court upheld the conviction of the accused – On appeal, h eld: No independent witness from the locality was included in the investigation and all the witnesses were police officials – There was no explanation for the non-availability of any independent wi tness in a residential locality – Further, though the Laboratory rep ort of the seized sample

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