Supreme Court of India · 2002-10-03
Narayanaswamy Ravishankar vs Asstt. Director, Directorate Of ...
- Citation / case number
- AIR 2002 SUPREME COURT 3658
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Petitioner
- Narayanaswamy Ravishankar
- Respondent
- Asstt. Director, Directorate Of ...
- Bench
- B.N. Kirpal, Arijit Pasayat, S.B. Sinha
Judgment text excerpt
The case involves the recovery of 5940 grams of heroin from a suitcase allegedly belonging to the appellant at Chennai International Airport. The trial court acquitted the appellant on the grounds that mandatory procedural requirements under Sections 42 and 50 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985, were not complied with. The Supreme Court examined the impact of these non-compliances on the validity of the recovery and the subsequent conviction.