Search Results
Section 50 NDPS Not Attracted to Bag Search; Written Waiver of Right Required Henceforth, Supreme Court Holds
The Supreme Court upheld a conviction for 1.25 kg of charas found in a bag the accused carried on his shoulder. Although Section 50 of the NDPS Act was breached by offering him a third option of being searched by the pol...
Police Cannot Re-arrest on Their Own After Breaching Article 22; Magistrate's Permission Needed, Supreme Court Holds
The Supreme Court held that when an accused is released because the police breached Article 22(1), by not giving written grounds of arrest, or Article 22(2), by not producing him before a Magistrate within 24 hours, the...
Supreme Court Upholds NDPS Conviction, Lays Down Ten-Point Guide On Section 52A Compliance
The Supreme Court has upheld a 15-year NDPS conviction, rejecting the claim that mixing 73 seized packets before drawing samples breached Section 52A. It found no procedural lapse on the record, and separately held that...
Police Confession Alone Cannot Justify Preventive Detention: Supreme Court Quashes NSA Detention Over Sambhal Violence
The Supreme Court quashed the National Security Act detention of Mulla Afroz, arrested after the November 2024 violence during a mosque survey in Sambhal, and imposed costs of Rs 10 lakh on the State. A confession made t...
Unexplained Recording of Convenient Witnesses Dents Credibility: Supreme Court Upholds Acquittal in Double Murder
The Supreme Court dismissed Himachal Pradesh's appeal against the acquittal of a woman accused of strangling her step-mother and minor step-brother. The last-seen witness had improved on his police statement, the investi...