Supreme Court of India
Raveen Kumar v. State of Himachal Pradesh
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Criminal Law – Appeal against acquittal – Appellant acquitted u/s.20, NDPS Act – Acquittal reversed by High Court – On appeal, held: Appellant’s acquittal was primarily based upon the finding that the case was not one of ‘chance recovery’ – Trial Court reached such finding on the basis of certain averments made in a written reply submitted by prosecution in opposition to appellant’s bail application – No opportunity to controvert this reply document was given to the prosecution, nor was PW5 confronted with it – Further, PW1’s statement (sole independent witness, though declared hostile by…
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