JASGURPREET SINGH PURI
Krishna Devi – Appellant
Versus
State of Punjab – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
JASGURPREET SINGH PURI , J.
1. The present petition has been filed under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure for grant of anticipatory bail in FIR No.134 dated 15.10.2020, under Sections 22 and 29 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985, registered at Police Station Special Task Force, District STF Wing (PS Mohali) District Mohali.
2. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the petitioner has been falsely implicated in the present case and the recovery of contraband, if any, was from one Lakhwinder Kaur @ Lakho (wrongly typed as Sukhwinder Kaur in the body of the petition). He has submitted that so far as petitioner is concerned, she has been falsely implicated in the present case purely on the basis of disclosure statement made by the aforesaid co-accused namely Lakhwinder Kaur @ Lakho. He has submitted that there is no other evidence available with regard to the involvement of the petitioner apart from the disclosure statement. He has further submitted that said disclosure statement is not admissible in evidence as has been laid down by the Hon'ble Supreme Court in Tofan Singh Vs. State of Tamil Nadu, 2021 (1) RCR (Crl.) 1.
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