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Jeet Ram v. The Narcotics Control Bureau, Chandigarh

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Reported as [2020] 7 S.C.R. 558
Bench Ashok Bhushan, R. Subhash Reddy and M. R. Shah JJ.
Decided 15 September 2020

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Narcotic Drugs & Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 – ss.20, 50 and 54 – Appellant was charged u/s.20 – Acquitted by trial c ourt – Convicted by High Court – On appeal, held: Findings r ecorded by trial court are contrary to the evidence on reco rd – s.50 is applicable only in case of personal search – No basis for the findings recorded by trial court that there was non-compliance of provi sion u/s.50 – Depositions of prosecution witnesses are tr ustworthy and cannot be said to be unnatural and improbable – No suggestion o f tampering of the samples was put either to PW-1 or P W-2 – It is

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