Supreme Court of India

State of West Bengal v. Rakesh Singh @ Rakesh Kumar Singh

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Reported as [2022] 14 S.C.R. 538
Bench Dinesh Maheshwari and Aniruddha Bose JJ.
Decided 11 July 2022

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What the Court ordered

In view of the above, this appeal fails and is dismissed subject to the observations foregoing.

Judgment, page 28

From the headnote

Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 198 5 – ss.27A, 37, and 21(b)/29 – Rigours of provisions of s.37 relatin g to grant of bail – Inapplicability – Cocaine, a contra band drug, recovered from a motorcar with three occupants – Re spondent accused of offences u/ss.21(b)/29/27A – Accusation against respondent pertaining to offence u/s. 27A that he along with other co-accused hatched criminal conspiracy to implicate two occupan ts of the motorcar under the NDPS Act out of personal grudge – Prosecution alleged that respondent got the contraba nd procured after making payment for the

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