Supreme Court of India

Rajesh Dhiman v. State of Himachal Pradesh

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Reported as [2020] 8 S.C.R. 1057
Bench N. V. Ramana, Surya Kant and Hrishikesh Roy JJ.
Decided 26 October 2020

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What the Court ordered

For the reasons stated above, we conclude and answer the reference as under: I. That the observations of this Court in the cases of Bhagwan Singh v.

Judgment, page 9

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Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 – s.20 – Both the appellants were travelling on a motorcycle and one of them was with a backpack slung over his shoulders – polic e team stopped and searched them – They discovered polythe ne bags weighing 3 Kg 100 gms containing charas – The prose cution examined nine witnesses to support their case of chanc e recovery, which included eight police officials and one independe nt witness, PW-3 – The appellant did not lead any defence evide nce but propounded an alternative version and claimed that while returnin g from a nearby temple, they

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