Supreme Court of India · 2002-09-18
AVTAR SINGH & ORS. vs STATE OF PUNJAB
- Citation / case number
- SC 1996/77333
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Petitioner
- AVTAR SINGH & ORS.
- Respondent
- STATE OF PUNJAB
- Author
- P. Venkatarama Reddi
- Bench
- P.VENKATARAMA REDDI. S.RAJENDRA BABU
Judgment text excerpt
The appellants were charged under Section 15 of the Narcotic Drugs & Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985, for the conscious possession of 640 Kgs of poppy husk recovered from a truck. The prosecution's case relied on the recovery of the contraband from the vehicle while the appellants were present. The primary legal issue concerns whether the possession of the recovered narcotic substance was 'conscious' on the part of all apprehended individuals.