Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985, Section 50 -- Recovery of 30 kg poppy husk - Search was effected from the bag which was lying near the driving seat of vehicle and search was not of person of accused - Question qua non-compliance of S.50 of the Act does not arise...........
Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985, Section 20 -- Recovery of charas - Quantity of contraband - Sample weighing 39 grams of charas examined by FSL was not the representative sample of entire bulk - Accused therefore, cannot be held to be have been found in illegal conscious possession of charas - He can be held to be in possession of 39 grms of charas or..........
Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985, Section 20 -- Recovery of charas - Small quantity - Sentence - Accused was arrested in 2021 and he remained in judicial custody till conclusion of trial and thereafter is undergoing sentence - Since accused has already undergone much more sentence than could be inflicted upon him, accused is ordered to be released..........
Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985, Section 42 -- Secret information - Procedure to be followed - Procedure of making compliance u/s 42(2) of the Act, could be that on receiving of information in writing at Police Station, the real intimation of receiving of secret information and proceedings for conducting raid is required to be entered into DDR, vide a..........
Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, Section 7, 13(1)(d), 13(2) -- Illegal gratification - Complainant died prior to his examination - There is no direct evidence to prove allegations of demand prior to date of trap and on the date of trap - Solitary circumstance on which prosecution sought to prove the guilt is recovery of amount which is doubtful - Benefit of presumption..........
Money suit -- Writ petition for recovery of money due and payable under the bills/invoices - Earlier to that civil suit filed which was dismissed in default and restoration application was filed - Before that writ petition filed and same was allowed - Writ petition for recovery of money under the bills/invoices is not maintainable particularly when writ petitioner availed..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 34 -- Murder - Conviction - Correctness of last seen version emanating from PW8 becomes doubtful and prosecution has miserably failed to prove the alleged motive - In such circumstance, though the deceased had met with a homicidal death it cannot be said that the rest of the circumstantial evidence culled out by the courts below..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 34 -- Murder - Conviction - Correctness of last seen version emanating from PW8 becomes doubtful and prosecution has miserably failed to prove the alleged motive - In such circumstance, though the deceased had met with a homicidal death it cannot be said that the rest of the circumstantial evidence culled out by the courts below..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 307 -- Attempt to murder - Non-recovery of weapon of offence - Where testimony of injured witness is more believable and is consistent throughout, non-recovery of weapon used in the crime would not be of much importance...........
Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985, Section 22(b), 8(C), 37, Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 439 -- Bail - Recovery of 0.9 gms MDMA - Intermediate quantity - Accused is involved in 14 crimes prior to present occurrence - Out of which 3 are u/s 27(b) of NDPS Act, but many of antecedents are pertaining to minor offences - However, taking into account..........
