Content Provider | Supreme Court of India |
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e-ISSN | 30484839 |
Language | English |
Access Restriction | NDLI |
Subject Keyword | ss. 8 and 18-'Conscious possession'- |
Content Type | Text |
Resource Type | Law Judgement |
Jurisdiction | India |
Act(s) Referred | Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (61 of 1985) |
Case Type | Appeal |
Court | Supreme Court of India |
Disposal Nature | Appeal Allowed |
Headnote | NARCOTIC DRUGS AND PSYCHOTROPIC SUBSTANCES ACT, 1985.ss. 8 and 18-'Conscious possession'-Recovery of opium from a room belonging to a hotel-Conviction of the servant of the hotel on the basis of his confessional statements that he brought the opium to the hotel from the house of its owner on his direction and opium tablets were sold to truck drivers-Affirmed by High Court-Held: Control over the goods is one of the tests to ascertain conscious possession so also the title - A servant of a hotel cannot be said to be in-possession of contraband belonging to his master unless it is proved that it was left in his custody over which he had absolute· control - There is no evidence on record to suggest that the accused was in occupation of the room from where opium was recovered - Further, the evidence clearly points out that title to the opium vested in the owners of the hotel - In the face of the state of evidence it is difficult to hold that the accused was in conscious possession of the opium-Conviction and sentence of accused set aside-Evidence Act, 1872-ss.25 and 26.EVIDENCE ACT, 1872.ss. 25 and 26 - Confession made to officer of Central. Bureau of Narcotics-Held: The officers of the Central Bureau, of Narcotics are not police officers within the meaning of ss. 25 and 26 of the Evidence Act and, therefore, confessions made before them are admissible in evidence - Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973-s. 173. Confession - Evidentiary value of - HELD: A confession, if it is voluntary, truthful, reliable and beyond reproach is an efficacious piece of evidence to establish the guilt of the accused - However, before solely acting on confession, as a rule of prudence, the court requires some corroboration but as an abstract proposition of law it cannot be said that a conviction cannot be maintained solely on the basis of the confession made u/s 67 of the Act. |
Judge | Hon'ble Mr. Justice C.K. Prasad |
Neutral Citation | 2011 INSC 342 |
Petitioner | Ram Singh |
Respondent | Central Bureau Of Narcotics |
SCR | [2011] 5 S.C.R. 967 |
Judgement Date | 2011-04-28 |
Case Number | 451 |
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