Supreme Court of India
Rizwan Khan v. The State of Chhattisgarh
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What the Court ordered
Held as under: (SCC p. 655) “It is an archaic notion that actions of the police officer should be approached with initial distrust.
Judgment, page 10
From the headnote
Narcotic Drugs & Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 – ss.20(b)(ii)( ), 20(b)(ii)( ), 42, 50, 55 – Appellant-accused along with others was found with contraband articles in the vehicle – Convicted u/s.20(b)(ii)( ) – Held: No error committed by both the courts below in convicting the accused relying upon the deposition of the police officials which is reliable and trustworthy – Compliance of the procedure prescribed u/ss.42, 55 has also been established and proved – It was established and proved that the samples which were seized and sealed from the appellant were sent to FSL – Further, to prove…
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Where later benches applied it
- 2022 Sanjeet Kumar Singh @ Munna Kumar Singh v. State of Chhattisgarh
- 2026 Adalat Yadav Etc. v. The State of Bihar
- 2021 Kallu Khan v. State of Rajasthan
- 2021 Guru Dutt Pathak v. State of Uttar Pradesh
- 2025 Renuka Prasad v. The State Represented by Assistant Superintendent of Police
Of those, 1 relied on · 1 distinguished · 3 mentioned
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