Supreme Court of India

State of Himachal Pradesh v. Trilok Chand & Anr.

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Bench N.V. Ramana and S. Abdul Nazeer JJ.
Decided 17 January 2018

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Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 – s.55 – Contraband goods – Recovery of – Conviction of respondents- accused under s.20 and sentence of 10 years rigorous imprisonment – Acquittal by High Court – State’s appeal against acquittal on the ground that High Court gave greater importance to trivial discrepancies in the prosecution case and without assigning any plausible reason allowed the appeals of accused – Held: The discrepancies in the prosecution case highlighted were the evidence of DW-1 that on the fateful day, police officials asked him to load gunny bags lying outside…

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