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1 - 10 of 10 (0.30 seconds)Radhey Shyam Aggarwal vs State N.C.T. Delhi on 6 February, 2009
Appeal No. 302/2008 dated 25.04.2011 Radhey Shyam Vs.
The State (NCT of Delhi) wherein the Bench of this Court had noted that
where sincere efforts had not been made by the Investigating Officer to
ask members of the public to join the raid inspite of the fact that there
were nearby shops, a benefit of doubt had been accorded in favour of the
accused. The third argument pressed by the learned counsel for the
appellant is based on his submission that there was inordinate delay in
sending the samples to the CFSL. The case property was seized on
29.12.2009 and was deposited in the malkhana on the same day but as
per the version of the malkhana mohrar (PW-6), the samples were sent
to the CFSL for the first time only on 06.01.2010. This delay remains
unexplainable. Submission being that as per the instructions of the
Narcotic Control Bureau, sealed parcels should be deposited with the
chemical examiner within 72 hours and there being no justification for
this unexplainable delay, a benefit of doubt on this count also accrues in
favour of the appellant. To support this submission reliance has been
placed upon a judgment of this Court reported as Crl.
Rishi Dev @ Onkar Singh vs State (Delhi Admn.) on 1 May, 2008
The CFSL has also reported
that at the time the samples were received at their office, the seals on the
samples were intact. This was largely attributable to the administrative
exigencies. Thus this delay of 9 days in sending the sample by the
prosecution to the CFSL cannot in any manner be termed as fatal. The
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judgment relied upon by the learned counsel for the appellant reported
as Rishi Dev (supra) on this score is inapplicable; the delay in that case
in sending the samples to the CFSL was of 3 months and for which the
explanation furnished by the Department was false.
Thomas Karketta vs State Thr. Narcotics Control Bureau on 1 September, 2015
Appeal No.
1555/2011 dated 01.09.2015 Thomas Karketta Vs. State Through
Narcotics Control Bureau. Additional submission being that the notice
under Section 50 of the said Act was also not a true compliance of the
said provision as the reply of the appellant has been written in Hindi for
which there is again no explanation as admittedly the appellant was as
educated man and nothing prevented him from writing his answer in the
language which he knew, which was the English language. This is also
another reason for his acquittal.
Tahir vs State (Delhi) on 21 March, 1996
14 In this context, the observations of a Bench of this Court reported
as Tahir v. State (Delhi) (1996) 3 SCC 338, are relevant; they read as under:-
The Amending Act, 1897
Section 2 in The Narcotic Drugs And Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 [Entire Act]
The Narcotic Drugs And Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985
E. Micheal Raj vs Intelligence Officer, Narcotic ... on 11 March, 2008
8 Arguments have been heard. Record has been perused.
9 Admittedly the contraband which had been recovered from the
appellant was heroin and when weighed it was found to be 270 gms and
as per the report of the chemical examiner, the percentage of
diacetylmorphine was 1%. This has been discussed in para 21 of the
impugned judgment. Reliance by the learned counsel for the appellant
on the judgment of Micheal Raj (supra) is however misplaced. Although
in this case the Apex Court had discussed the intent of the Legislature in
the rationalization of the sentence structure for drug trafficking and the
Amending Act of 2001 in that context had been the subject matter of
debate for which the entry in the Notification dated 19.10.2001 was the
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basis of the finding returned that the quantity of 60 gms which was the
purity content of the total contraband would fall in the mid bracket. This
Court notes that after this judgment which was delivered on 11.03.2009,
the Notification of the Ministry of Finance dated 18.11.2009 was
gazetted.
Section 313 in The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 [Entire Act]
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