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IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI

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Date of Decision: 08.01.2014

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Crl. Appeal No.663 of 2010

RAKESH @ SHANKER

....Appellant

Through:

Ms. Charu Verma, Adv.

STATE

....Respondent

Through:

Mr. Satish Verma, APP for the State

CORAM:

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE V.K.JAIN

JUDGMENT

V.K.JAIN, J. (Oral)

The case of the prosecution in nutshell is that on 21.9.2007, when

the police officials were present at bus stand Punjabi Bagh, checking

buses passing from there, the appellant before this Court got down from

the bus. At that time he was carrying a box on his shoulders. An

informer who was present on the spot, informed Inspector Ishwar Singh,

one of the police officials referred above, that the appellant was going to

supply ganja in the jhuggies and the box being carried by him contained

ganja. On search of the trunk being carried by the appellant, 21 kg of

ganja is alleged to have been recovered. This is also the case of the

prosecution that before searching the trunk being carried by the

appellant, a notice under Section 50 of NDPS Act was given to the

appellant, who stated that he did not want the evidence to be created

against him by calling the M