Supreme Court of India

Kashmir Ram @ Pappi v. State of Punjab

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Bench Sanjay Karol and Augustine George Masih JJ.
Decided 12 August 2026

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What the Court ordered

We hold that the presumption arising under Section 54 of the NDPS Act 1985 stood unrebutted.

Judgment, page 43

In brief

On 04.05.2014 at about 11:00 AM, while Inspector Shiv Kumar (PW-04) was manning a naka at the Canal Bridge, Village Tehang, a secret informer told him that the appellant and his brother were transporting poppy husk in a Tata Safari from Saiffabad towards Tehang. Without recording the information in any register or sending a copy to his superior, PW-04 scribed a ruqa (Ex. P-1) which he dispatched to the Police Station, leading to registration of the FIR, and then intercepted the vehicle at about 11:30 AM; the driver tried to turn it around.…

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