Yesterday in Supreme Court
THE Supreme Court yesterday decided two important NDPS cases:
NDPS - Procedure not followed - Conviction Set aside: The secret information recorded by the Station House Officer and the report sent by him to the Circle Officer were different; A personal jeep was considered as a public transport vehicle; The sealing of the material sample was not proper nor the sample of seal was deposited in the stock house; The independent witnesses have not supported the case of prosecution at all. --- Result: the conviction is set aside. The NDPS Act was enacted to consolidate and amend the law relating to narcotic drugs, to make stringent provisions for the control and regulation of operations relating to narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances. At the same time, to avoid harm to the innocent persons and to avoid abuse of the provisions by the officers, certain safeguards are provided which in the context have to be observed strictly.
NDPS - Conviction Confirmed - Bail granted cancelled - Appellant directed to surrender before the Trial Court to undergo the remaining period of sentence: the accused was arrested in 1998; he was given bail by Supreme Court in 2004. Now his conviction is confirmed and he is directed to surrender to undergo the remaining period of sentence.
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