Law: Control of Narcotics Substances Act, 1997

Section: 9(c)

Law: Control of Narcotic Substances (Government Analysts) Rules, 2001

Section: 5,6

(a) Control of Narcotic Substances Act (XXV of 1997)--- ----S. 9(c)---Possession of narcotics---Appreciation of evidence---Benefit of doubt---Prosecution case was that 15 Kg charas was recovered from the secret cavity of vehicle driven by the accused--- Contradictions were found in the statements of witnesses---Safe custody and transmitting of samples of narcotic from police to the FSL was not established---Neither the secret cavity was taken into possession separately after un-assembling the vehicle nor was produced before the Court for its examination---Appeal was allowed and accused was acquitted of the charge. (b) Control of Narcotic Substances Act (XXV of 1997)--- ----S. 9(c)---Control of Narcotic Substances (Government Analysts) Rules, 2001, Rr. 5, 6---Possession of narcotics---Appreciation of evidence---In the present case, the protocols as envisaged under Rr. 5, 6 of Control of Narcotic Substances (Government Analysts) Rules, 2001 were not followed---FSL report was inconclusive as neither…

Deprecated: trim(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /home/digixyei/sldsystempk.com/view/master-layout/view_case.php on line 492