Supreme Court of India

Ashok @ Dangra Jaiswal v. State of M.P.

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Bench Aftab Alam and R.M. Lodha JJ.

Decided 5 April 2011

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What the Court ordered

We, accordingly, direct that their conviction and sentence be also set aside and they too along with the appellant be released forthwith unless anyone of them is required in connection with any other c~se. 17. The appeal is, accordingly, allowed.

Judgment, Paras 16-17

From the headnote

Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 - ss. 8/21 (b) - Personal search of appellant and his two employees - Alleged recovery of smack powder - Conviction and sentence u/ss. 8/21 (b) - Appeal by the appellant and one of his employee dismissed by the High Court - Appeal before the Supreme Court by the appellant - Held: Independent witness of seizure were declared hostile by the prosecution - It is not clear where the samples were laid or were handled by how many people and in what ways, from the time of the seizure of the narcotic substance till their deposit in the Forensic Laboratory.

Authorities it was built on

Jitendera and Anr. v. State of M.P
1994 Raja Ram and Ors. v. State of Madhya Pradesh cited by 3
1999 Dandu Lakshmi Reddy v. State of Andhra Pradesh cited by 2
State of Haryana and Ors. v. Sumitra Devi and Ors
Mangoo v. State of M.P

Where later benches applied it

2019 Vijay Pandey v. State of Uttar Pradesh relied on
2013 Vijay Jain v. State of Madhya Pradesh relied on
2025 Kailas S/o Bajirao Pawar v. The State of Maharashtra referred to
2019 State of Rajasthan v. Sahi Ram referred to
2018 Mohinder Singh v. The State of Punjab mentioned
2020 Than Kunwar v. State of Haryana distinguished

Of those, 2 relied on · 1 distinguished · 2 referred to · 1 mentioned

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