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Supreme Court of India

Tofan Singh v. State of Tamil Nadu

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Bench R. F. Nariman, Navin Sinha and Indira Banerjee JJ.
Decided 29 October 2020

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What the Court ordered

For the reasons discussed above, I am of the view that the Judgment of this Court in Raj Kumar Karwal (supra), which has reaffirmed the verdict of three Constitution Benches does not require reconsideration.

Judgment, page 292

From the headnote

Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985: ss. 42, 53 and 67 – Power under s. 67 – Extent, nature, purpose and scope of – Confession made under – Before the officers designated u/ss. 42 or 53 – Whether admissible as a substantive evidence – Held: Statement recorded under s. 67 cannot be admitted as a substantive evidence – To hold that such statement can be the basis to convict a person under the Act would be a direct infringement of the constitutional guarantees contained in Arts. 14, 20(3) and 21 of the Constitution.…

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Of those, 3 relied on · 1 referred to · 1 mentioned

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