Supreme Court of India

S. Jeevanantham v. The State through Inspector of Police, Tn

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Bench K.G. Balakrishnan and B.N. Srikrishna JJ.
Decided 21 April 2004

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Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985: Ss. 8 (c) and 20(b)-Same Police Officer preparing FIR and conducting investigation-Legality of investigation-Police informed of accused selling 'Hashish '-Accused found in possession of contraband articles-Inspector prepared FIR and conducted investigation-On trial accused found guilty and convicted-Plea of accused that investigation was biased as case was investigated by the same Inspector on whose statement case was registered-­ Held, the Inspector conducted the search and recovered the contraband article and registered the case-The…

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