{"id":114892,"date":"2010-10-08T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-10-07T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/akbar-hussain-vs-state-of-bihar-on-8-october-2010"},"modified":"2015-08-23T03:45:54","modified_gmt":"2015-08-22T22:15:54","slug":"akbar-hussain-vs-state-of-bihar-on-8-october-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/akbar-hussain-vs-state-of-bihar-on-8-october-2010","title":{"rendered":"Akbar Hussain vs State Of Bihar on 8 October, 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Patna High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Akbar Hussain vs State Of Bihar on 8 October, 2010<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_author\">Author: Shyam Kishore Sharma<\/div>\n<pre>               CRIMINAL APPEALS No.923 &amp; 1009, BOTH OF 2007\n\n                                      *******\n<\/pre>\n<p>         Against the order \/ judgment of Sri Jitendra Mohan<br \/>\n         Sharma, District and Sessions Judge-cum-Special Judge,<br \/>\n         (N.D.P.S. Act), Buxar, dated 15th June, 2007 passed in<br \/>\n         N.D.P.S. Act Cases no. 2 &amp; 2A of 2003.\n<\/p>\n<p>                                      *******<\/p>\n<p>          SAHAMAT HUSSAIN @ SOHAMAT MIAN&#8212;&#8212;Appellant<br \/>\n                                (In Cr.Appeal no.923\/2007)<\/p>\n<p>          AKBAR HUSSAIN&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;Appellant<br \/>\n                                (Cr.Appeal no.1009\/2007)<\/p>\n<p>                                        Versus<\/p>\n<p>          The STATE OF BIHAR&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;Respondent<br \/>\n                                 (In both Appeals)<\/p>\n<p>                                      *******<\/p>\n<p>          For the Appellant                 : M\/s Rana Pratap singh &amp;<br \/>\n                                                  Rakesh Kumar<\/p>\n<p>          For the State                     : Ms. Shashi Bala Verma<br \/>\n                                                 (In Cr.Appeal 923\/2007)<\/p>\n<p>          For the State                     : Mr. Ashish Kr. Sinha,<br \/>\n                                                (In Cr.Appeal 1009\/2007)<\/p>\n<p>                                      *******<\/p>\n<p>                                    P R E S E N T<\/p>\n<p>                 THE HON&#8217;BLE MR. JUSTICE SHYAM KISHORE SHARMA<br \/>\n                 THE HON&#8217;BLE MR. JUSTICE AKHILESH CHANDRA<\/p>\n<p>Akhilesh Chandra, J.              Both these appeals arise out of common<\/p>\n<p>                       judgment passed by     Sri Jitendra Mohan   Sharma,<\/p>\n<p>                       Sessions Judge-cum-Special Judge, N.D.P.S. Act in<br \/>\n<span class=\"hidden_text\">                2<\/span><\/p>\n<p>N.D.P.S. Act Case nos. 2 and 2A, both of 2003 under<\/p>\n<p>Sections 20 (b) (ii) (c) of the N.D.P.S. Act, have been<\/p>\n<p>heard together and are being disposed of by this<\/p>\n<p>common judgment.\n<\/p>\n<p>             2.    The appellants are respectively father<\/p>\n<p>and son, the son is appellant in subsequent appeal but<\/p>\n<p>was apprehended at the spot and was facing trial under<\/p>\n<p>original case during which his father co-named accused<\/p>\n<p>could subsequently been produced and remanded. A<\/p>\n<p>separate trial was initiated against him but subsequently<\/p>\n<p>both   the   trials   proceeded    simultaneously      and<\/p>\n<p>amalgamated.\n<\/p>\n<p>             3. The appellants have preferred the<\/p>\n<p>appeals against judgment of their conviction for the<\/p>\n<p>offence under Sections 20(b)(ii)(c) of the N.D.P.S. Act<\/p>\n<p>and sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for 12<\/p>\n<p>years each and also to pay fine of rupees one lac and<\/p>\n<p>twenty five thousand each and in default whereof to<\/p>\n<p>undergo further rigorous imprisonment for two years.<\/p>\n<p>             4. The prosecution case, in brief, is that the<\/p>\n<p>informant, Officer-in-charge, Simri Police Station on<br \/>\n<span class=\"hidden_text\">               3<\/span><\/p>\n<p>confidential information that the appellants are indulged<\/p>\n<p>in business of narcotic substance and have kept ganja in<\/p>\n<p>huge quantity in the house of one Harihar Sah, a co-<\/p>\n<p>villager, residing at Bokaro with his entire family. So<\/p>\n<p>higher authorities were informed and on getting due<\/p>\n<p>authorization a raiding    team was organized and the<\/p>\n<p>team with all relevant persons including a Gazetted<\/p>\n<p>Officer, P.W.13, arrived      at the house of appellants<\/p>\n<p>where out of several villagers assembled, two persons as<\/p>\n<p>independent witnesses were called.       The       father<\/p>\n<p>Sahamat Hussain was not available but his son, the<\/p>\n<p>appellant in latter appeal,    was present with whose<\/p>\n<p>consent, initially search was conducted in the house of<\/p>\n<p>the appellants. Nothing was found there. However, the<\/p>\n<p>party proceeded towards nearby house of Harihar Sah<\/p>\n<p>under custody and control of the appellants one of the<\/p>\n<p>rooms was unlocked by Akber Hussain (the appellant)<\/p>\n<p>himself from the key in his pocket wherein          huge<\/p>\n<p>quantity of ganja and its powder was recovered besides<\/p>\n<p>some weighing pot and watts. However, the raiding<\/p>\n<p>party was also prepared with independent weighing<br \/>\n<span class=\"hidden_text\">                   4<\/span><\/p>\n<p>facility.   The Ganja kept in four bags was, after<\/p>\n<p>weighing, it could come as 21, 24, 27 and 24 Kgs packs<\/p>\n<p>totaling 96 Kgs and in nine different packets ganja<\/p>\n<p>powder weighing 19 , 20, 16, 14, 19, 20, 12 and 12 kgs<\/p>\n<p>totaling to 157 Kgs could be recovered in presence of<\/p>\n<p>the authorities. Appellant Akber Hussain was taken into<\/p>\n<p>custody. Samples were prepared and sealed. The raiding<\/p>\n<p>Party with the articles and apprehended accused returned<\/p>\n<p>to the Police Station. Subsequently, sample was sent for<\/p>\n<p>Chemical    examination   and    after   completion   of<\/p>\n<p>investigation charge sheet was submitted against both<\/p>\n<p>the appellants.\n<\/p>\n<p>              5. Learned counsel for the appellants<\/p>\n<p>vehemently submitted that there is absolutely no<\/p>\n<p>material against them. As per prosecution, the Police<\/p>\n<p>was well informed since beginning that the articles<\/p>\n<p>recovered are kept in the house of one Harihar Singh<\/p>\n<p>from where it was said to be recovered but there is none<\/p>\n<p>to say that the said house, which was in dilapidated<\/p>\n<p>condition, remained under control of the appellants. The<\/p>\n<p>lock and key also could not be produced at any point of<br \/>\n<span class=\"hidden_text\">                5<\/span><\/p>\n<p>time. First appellant was also not present at the spot.<\/p>\n<p>There is also no evidence to show that the appellants<\/p>\n<p>were indulged in any sort of business or had any such<\/p>\n<p>criminal antecedent.     On the other hand, learned<\/p>\n<p>Additional Public Prosecutor, while supporting the<\/p>\n<p>findings of the court below, submitted that no<\/p>\n<p>interference is required. The room, from where articles<\/p>\n<p>were recovered, was personally un-locked by the<\/p>\n<p>appellant who not only admitted their control over the<\/p>\n<p>room but also he himself and was in custody of the key.<\/p>\n<p>This itself is sufficient to establish his conscious<\/p>\n<p>possession.\n<\/p>\n<p>              6. Before the trial court prosecution has<\/p>\n<p>examined altogether fifteen witnesses and, as it appears,<\/p>\n<p>after examination of first two witnesses, Ashok Kumar<\/p>\n<p>Jha, P.W.1, (informant) and Nandji Singh, P.W.2,<\/p>\n<p>(member of raiding party) trial in separated case against<\/p>\n<p>Sahamat Hussain proceeded after his remand on<\/p>\n<p>production from another case and these two witnesses<\/p>\n<p>have also been examined in this case respectively as<\/p>\n<p>witnesses no. 4 and 9 and prosecution witnesses no.3<br \/>\n<span class=\"hidden_text\">               6<\/span><\/p>\n<p>and 4, Kaushal Mumar Singh and Md. Ekbal Ansari,<\/p>\n<p>the two independent witnesses on search and seizure,<\/p>\n<p>have also been examined in separated trial respectively<\/p>\n<p>as prosecution witnesses no. 1 and 2. Thereafter, Lal<\/p>\n<p>Babu Sah, Raj Kishore Upadhaya, Hare Ram Singh and<\/p>\n<p>Sahdeo Kujur,     other members of the raiding party<\/p>\n<p>have been examined in both the cases as Prosecution<\/p>\n<p>Witnesses no. 5 to 8 only.     Thereafter, Prosecution<\/p>\n<p>Witness no.1, Nandji Singh,      in original case was<\/p>\n<p>examined as Prosecution Witness no.9 in separated trial<\/p>\n<p>and again witnesses no. 10, 11 and 15 respectively,<\/p>\n<p>Maheshwar Prasad Sharma, Raj Kumar Singh, Gagan<\/p>\n<p>Kumar Sudhakar, Manohar Marandi, Prabhu Sahay Eka,<\/p>\n<p>and Jitendra Kumar, as members of raiding party<\/p>\n<p>besides P.W.13, Manohar Marandi, is a Gazetted Officer<\/p>\n<p>and two Investigating Officers, P.W.12, Gagan Kumar<\/p>\n<p>Sudhakar and P.W.14, Prabhu Sahay Ekka, have been<\/p>\n<p>examined in both the cases commonly. One Jham Lal<\/p>\n<p>Thakur, appears examined as Prosecution Witness no.3<\/p>\n<p>in separated trial only but there is no witness as<\/p>\n<p>Prosecution Witness no.9 in the original trial. Perhaps<br \/>\n<span class=\"hidden_text\">                7<\/span><\/p>\n<p>this is a clerical error nothing more and this witness<\/p>\n<p>Jham Lal Thakur        since declared    hostile by the<\/p>\n<p>prosecution, might have been examined also for the<\/p>\n<p>original case but inadvertently it does not find mention<\/p>\n<p>as examined therein causing variation in numbering of<\/p>\n<p>the witnesses. Consequently there appears no witness as<\/p>\n<p>Prosecution Witness no.9 in original case.<\/p>\n<p>             7. The independent witnesses of search and<\/p>\n<p>seizure, P.Ws 3 and 4 in original case as well as P.Ws 1<\/p>\n<p>and 2 in separated trial, have been declared hostile<\/p>\n<p>though they have simply admitted their respective<\/p>\n<p>signatures on seizure list, Exhibits 4\/1 and 4\/2, and<\/p>\n<p>P.W.3 in separated trial stated his ignorance about any<\/p>\n<p>profession of the appellants.\n<\/p>\n<p>             8. Other witnesses, though members of the<\/p>\n<p>raiding party as Police Personnel as well as a Gazetted<\/p>\n<p>Officer, P.W.13, in both the cases, are undisputedly<\/p>\n<p>consistent on the point that raid was initially conducted<\/p>\n<p>in the house of the appellant where nothing could be<\/p>\n<p>recovered but at the same time out of them Prosecution<\/p>\n<p>witnesses Ashok Kumar Jha, (para 2 page 4 as P.W.1<br \/>\n<span class=\"hidden_text\">               8<\/span><\/p>\n<p>and para 4 as P.W.4 in separated trial), Nandji Singh,<\/p>\n<p>(para 3 as P.W.2 and P.W.9) Raj Kishore Upadhaya,<\/p>\n<p>(P.W.6 para-1)Hare Ram Singh, (P.W.7 para 2) and<\/p>\n<p>Sahdeo Kujur (P.W.8 para 3) are also consistent on the<\/p>\n<p>point that one of the rooms of the house of Harihar Sah<\/p>\n<p>which was under lock was unlocked by appellant Akber<\/p>\n<p>Hussain himself from the key kept in his pocket. All<\/p>\n<p>these witnesses were not even cross-examined on the<\/p>\n<p>point of this specific assertion that appellant Akber<\/p>\n<p>Hussain himself opened the lock from the key taking out<\/p>\n<p>of his pocket.    In view of this now undisputed fact<\/p>\n<p>though for the first time in the statement under Section<\/p>\n<p>313 of the Code of Criminal Procedure appellant Akber<\/p>\n<p>Hussain has denied without producing any other<\/p>\n<p>material \/ witness.   This much can be said that the<\/p>\n<p>particular room was in full control of appellant Akber<\/p>\n<p>Hussain from where undisputedly in huge quantity<\/p>\n<p>recovery was made which have been proved to be ganja<\/p>\n<p>as per Forensic Science report.\n<\/p>\n<p>             9. The decision of the Apex Court in a case<\/p>\n<p>of Md. Aslam V. Narcotics Trial Bureau; (1996) 9<br \/>\n<span class=\"hidden_text\">               9<\/span><\/p>\n<p>SCC 462,      relied upon by learned counsel for the<\/p>\n<p>appellants on the point of conscious possession has no<\/p>\n<p>application in the case in hand with respect to appellant<\/p>\n<p>Akber Hussain as before the Hon&#8217;ble Court the place<\/p>\n<p>wherein contraband drugs were kept was raided in<\/p>\n<p>absence of the accused and there was nothing to show<\/p>\n<p>that anyhow the accused was in control of the said flat<\/p>\n<p>ownership of which was also lying with another person.<\/p>\n<p>No doubt in absence of any independent witness the<\/p>\n<p>decision is applicable in the case of appellant Sahamat<\/p>\n<p>Hussain.\n<\/p>\n<p>             10. Similarly, another decision placed<\/p>\n<p>reliance by the learned counsel for the appellants is of<\/p>\n<p>Bombay High court in a case of Rubjane alias Smita<\/p>\n<p>Sanjib Bali V. State of Maharashtra; 1996 Cr.L.J.<\/p>\n<p>148,    but also of no avail to Akbar Hussain wherein<\/p>\n<p>name of the appellant was disclosed by a co-accused<\/p>\n<p>leading to the recovery of similar articles but in absence<\/p>\n<p>of the appellant there and besides some other technical<\/p>\n<p>ground as of non-putting the circumstances available<\/p>\n<p>against the appellant during examination under Section<br \/>\n<span class=\"hidden_text\">                  10<\/span><\/p>\n<p>313 of the Code of Criminal Procedure etc. said<\/p>\n<p>appellant was exonerated.\n<\/p>\n<p>             11. The learned counsel for the appellants<\/p>\n<p>further placed reliance upon a decision of this Court in a<\/p>\n<p>case of Md. Shafique V. State of Bihar (Patna); 1999<\/p>\n<p>(2) East India Cr. Cases 285, wherein also the facts<\/p>\n<p>and circumstances was completely different.         Some<\/p>\n<p>contraband articles were recovered from a close room of<\/p>\n<p>a factory in absence of the appellant and there was<\/p>\n<p>nothing to prove his presence or involvement at any<\/p>\n<p>point of time.\n<\/p>\n<p>             12. The learned counsel for the appellants,<\/p>\n<p>however, on the basis of decision of Apex Court in a<\/p>\n<p>case of <a href=\"\/doc\/1306609\/\">Krishna Mohar Singh Dugal V. State of Goa<\/a>;<\/p>\n<p>2000 Cr.L. Journal 18, tried to laid emphasis that<\/p>\n<p>Police was well informed from before as appears from<\/p>\n<p>the prosecution case and consistent evidence of the<\/p>\n<p>witnesses that Ganja was kept in the house of Harihar<\/p>\n<p>Sah so only on the basis of recovery of the Ganja it<\/p>\n<p>cannot be said that it was done on the disclosure of the<\/p>\n<p>appellants and he cannot be held liable but again<br \/>\n<span class=\"hidden_text\">              11<\/span><\/p>\n<p>decision of the Apex Court is not going to help this<\/p>\n<p>appellant Akbar Hussain in any manner because in the<\/p>\n<p>case before the Apex Court recovery of Charas was<\/p>\n<p>made from a coconut tree standing in an open space so it<\/p>\n<p>was held that it cannot be said that it was the accused<\/p>\n<p>there who concealed the Charas there and it was found<\/p>\n<p>only on the basis of disclosure statement made by the<\/p>\n<p>accused. Whereas in the case in hand it is appellant<\/p>\n<p>Akber Hussain who was custodian of the key of the lock<\/p>\n<p>under which the room of the house of Harihar Sah was<\/p>\n<p>locked and only after unlocking the same by the<\/p>\n<p>appellant contraband articles were recovered so it cannot<\/p>\n<p>be said that it was not under conscious possession of<\/p>\n<p>appellant Akber Hussain rather he alone is found and<\/p>\n<p>held to be in conscious possession of the contraband<\/p>\n<p>articles.\n<\/p>\n<p>             13. True it is that such search and seizure<\/p>\n<p>was made in absence of appellant Sahamat Hussain who<\/p>\n<p>was not available at the place during such search and<\/p>\n<p>seizure nor disclosed anything and there is no evidence<\/p>\n<p>at all of any independent witness to show that this<br \/>\n<span class=\"hidden_text\">               12<\/span><\/p>\n<p>appellant had anything to do with the articles except<\/p>\n<p>statement of the Police Officers and Police personnel<\/p>\n<p>based on some confidential information received from<\/p>\n<p>unknown sources.      Had there been any independent<\/p>\n<p>witness to support such information as regard to<\/p>\n<p>involvement of appellant Sahamat Hussain or any<\/p>\n<p>documentary evidence about his custody and control<\/p>\n<p>over the house or particular room in question, position<\/p>\n<p>could have been different. But, in absence thereof only<\/p>\n<p>on such information and alleged statement of co-<\/p>\n<p>appellant, before police, even though being son and<\/p>\n<p>making statement leading to recovery but in absence of<\/p>\n<p>father it cannot be held that against appellant Sahamat<\/p>\n<p>Hussain prosecution has established its case, rather<\/p>\n<p>contrary the prosecution has failed to do so.<\/p>\n<p>             14. On behalf of the appellants though no<\/p>\n<p>argument was placed       regarding Section 50 of the<\/p>\n<p>N.D.P.S. Act which reads as such:\n<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>              &#8220;50.Condition under which search shall<br \/>\n     be conducted:- (1) When any Officer duly<br \/>\n     authorized under Section 42 is about to search any<br \/>\n     person under the provisions of Section 41, Section<br \/>\n     42 or Section 43, he shall if such person so<br \/>\n     requires, take such person without unnecessary<br \/>\n     delay to the nearest Gazetted Officer of any of the<br \/>\n<span class=\"hidden_text\">              13<\/span><\/p>\n<p>     departments mentioned in Section 42 or to the<br \/>\n     nearest Magistrate.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>              (2) If such requisition is made, the officer<br \/>\n     may detain the person until he can bring him<br \/>\n     before the Gazetted Officer or the Magistrate<br \/>\n     referred to in Sub-section (1).\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>              (3) The Gazetted Officer or the Magistrate<br \/>\n     before whom any such person is brought shall, if<br \/>\n     he sees no reasonable ground for search, forthwith<br \/>\n     discharge the person but otherwise shall direct that<br \/>\n     search be made.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>              (4) No female shall be searched by anyone<br \/>\n     excepting a female.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>              (5) When an officer duly authorized under<br \/>\n     Section 42 has reason to believe that it is not<br \/>\n     possible to take the person to be searched to the<br \/>\n     nearest Gazetted Officer or Magistrate without the<br \/>\n     possibility of the person to be searched parting<br \/>\n     with possession of any narcotic drug or<br \/>\n     psychotropic substance, or controlled substance or<br \/>\n     article or document, he may, instead of taking such<br \/>\n     person to the nearest Gazetted officer or<br \/>\n     Magistrate, proceed to search the person as<br \/>\n     provided under Section 100 of the Code of<br \/>\n     Criminal Procedure, 1973.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>              (6) After a search is conducted under Sub-<br \/>\n     section (5), the officer shall record the reasons for<br \/>\n     such belief which necessitated such search and<br \/>\n     within a seventy two hours send a copy thereof to<br \/>\n     his immediate official superior.&#8221;\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>But in the list of books decision of Apex Court in<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/doc\/893066\/\">Saiyad Md. Saiyad Umar Saiyad &amp; Ors. V. State of<\/p>\n<p>Gujarat (SC)<\/a>; 1995 (2) East Cr. C. 21, also finds<\/p>\n<p>mention but this decision is also not applicable in the<\/p>\n<p>instant appeals as with the raiding party an independent<\/p>\n<p>Gazetted Officer, P.W.13, Manohar Marandi, was<br \/>\n<span class=\"hidden_text\">               14<\/span><\/p>\n<p>present under whose presence search was conducted.<\/p>\n<p>Had he being not present there and only search would<\/p>\n<p>have been conducted by Police Officials and Personnel<\/p>\n<p>it could have been incumbent upon them to disclose to<\/p>\n<p>the right of search in presence of Gazetted officer<\/p>\n<p>available to accused but in face of presence of P.W.13<\/p>\n<p>the mandatory requirement is fulfilled.<\/p>\n<p>              15. To establish the seized articles being<\/p>\n<p>Ganja there is report of Forensic Science Laboratory as<\/p>\n<p>Exhibit-5 and there is no challenge to the same. Thus,<\/p>\n<p>undisputedly the articles recovered are contraband<\/p>\n<p>article as Ganja which was recovered in presence,<\/p>\n<p>control and conscious possession of appellant Akber<\/p>\n<p>Hussain and also produced before the trial court as<\/p>\n<p>material Exhibits.      There is no controversy on such<\/p>\n<p>recovery and their respective weights.      So needs to<\/p>\n<p>discussion in detail.\n<\/p>\n<p>              16. In view of the facts and circumstances,<\/p>\n<p>discussed above, finding no material against appellant<\/p>\n<p>Sahamat Hussain @ Sohamat Mian in Cr. Appeal no.<\/p>\n<p>923 of 2007, his conviction and sentence is not<br \/>\n<span class=\"hidden_text\">              15<\/span><\/p>\n<p>sustainable. Accordingly, set aside and the appeal is<\/p>\n<p>allowed. He is at once ordered to be released if not<\/p>\n<p>required in any other case. But, simultaneously there is<\/p>\n<p>sufficient evidence against his son, appellant Akber<\/p>\n<p>Hussain of Cr.Appeal no. 1009 of 2007 and findings of<\/p>\n<p>the court below to the extent of his conviction and<\/p>\n<p>sentence needs no interference.      Accordingly, said<\/p>\n<p>appeal is hereby dismissed.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>                    (Akhilesh Chandra, J.)<\/p>\n<p>Shyam Kishore Sharma, J.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>                    (Shyam Kishore Sharma, J.)<\/p>\n<p>Patna High Court,<br \/>\nThe 08th October, 2010.\n<\/p>\n<p>AAhmad\/(NAFR).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Patna High Court Akbar Hussain vs State Of Bihar on 8 October, 2010 Author: Shyam Kishore Sharma CRIMINAL APPEALS No.923 &amp; 1009, BOTH OF 2007 ******* Against the order \/ judgment of Sri Jitendra Mohan Sharma, District and Sessions Judge-cum-Special Judge, (N.D.P.S. Act), Buxar, dated 15th June, 2007 passed in N.D.P.S. 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