V.P.BHATNAGAR, R.S.THAKUR
STATE OF HIMACHAL PRADESH – Appellant
Versus
SUDARSHAN KUMAR – Respondent
V. P. Bhatnagar, J. :- The determination of these cases requires close scrutiny of the various provisions, particularly those relating to procedure contained in Chapter V of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (for short 'Narcotic Act').
2. Here, brief reference may be made at the very outset to the facts of Cr. Rev. No. 106 of 1987 and Cr. Rev. No. 121 of 1987.
3. The first Criminal Revision No. 106 of 1987 is directed against the order dated August 11, 1987 passed by the learned Sessions Judge, Una, whereby he declined to frame a chargesheet against the accused on the facts placed before him. Briefly stated, the prosecution case was that S.H.O., Babu Ram received a secret information on December 1, 1985 that accused Sudarshan Kumar was carrying on sale of opium at his house and that opium in large quantity could be recovered from his house. On the following morning, he associated three independent witnesses with the raiding party and went to the Sudershan Kumar's house. He gave his personal search before searching the house. During the search he found a plastic bag hidden underneath a gunny bag. The plastic bag contained opium weighing 352 gms. The cas
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