Supreme Court of India
Abdul Rajik v. The State of Madhya Pradesh
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What the Court ordered
We are of the opinion that the prosecution has failed to prove that the substance recovered from the accused-appellants was charas.
Judgment, page 21
In brief
Acting on information received on 29th November 2004, an Inspector/SHO apprehended the two appellants at Bandariya Tiraha, Jabalpur, an open public place, each carrying a bag; a black wick-shaped sticky substance wrapped in polythene was found, burnt in part at the spot and suspected to be charas, weighing 1 kg from Abdul Rajik's bag and 800 gm from Govind's bag. Both panch witnesses turned hostile and the prosecution relied on police witnesses.…
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