{"id":31066,"date":"1999-10-25T00:00:00","date_gmt":"1999-10-24T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/ashok-vs-state-on-25-october-1999"},"modified":"2016-12-28T11:22:49","modified_gmt":"2016-12-28T05:52:49","slug":"ashok-vs-state-on-25-october-1999","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/ashok-vs-state-on-25-october-1999","title":{"rendered":"Ashok vs State on 25 October, 1999"},"content":{"rendered":"
Delhi High Court<\/div>\n
Ashok vs State on 25 October, 1999<\/div>\n
Equivalent citations: 1999 VIAD Delhi 840, 82 (1999) DLT 382, 1999 (51) DRJ 668<\/div>\n
Author: M Siddiqui<\/div>\n
Bench: M Siddiqui<\/div>\n<\/p>\n
<\/pre>\n
ORDER<\/p>\n
M.S.A. Siddiqui, J.<\/p>\n
 1. this appeal is directed against the judgment and order dated 16.1.1993 passed by the Additional Sessions Judge, Delhi in Sessions Case No.  911\/91 convicting the appellant under Section 20 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psycho-\n<\/p>\n
tropic  Substances  Act, 1985 (for short “the Act”) and sentencing  him  to undergo rigorous imprisonment for ten years and to pay a fine of rupees one lac or in default to suffer further simple imprisonment for six months.\n<\/p>\n
 2. Briefly  stated,  the prosecution case is that on 9.8.1990,  a  police party  led by ASI Raghbir Singh (PW-7), upon information  received,  apprehended  the  appellant near railway crossing. He was given  the  option  of
\nbeing  searched by ASI Raghbir Singh (PW-7) before a Gazetted Officer or  a Magistrate.  The appellant declined the offer. In the meanwhile, ACP  Vijay Malik (PW-9), upon information received, also came on the spot and directed search of the appellant. He was then searched by the ASI Raghbir Singh (PW-7),  as a result whereof 20 grams of charas was recovered from him  possession  vide  Seizure Memo (Ex. PW-3\/A). The appellant was  charged  with  an offence punishable under Section 20 of the Act and tried.\n<\/p>\n
 3.   The appellant abjured his guilt and alleged that a false case has been foisted on him. The learned Additional Sessions Judge, on an assessment  of the  evidence adduced by the prosecution accepted the prosecution case  and convicted and sentenced the appellant as indicated above.\n<\/p>\n
 4.   The point for consideration in this appeal is whether on 9.8.1990, the contraband  was seized from the appellant’s possession in  accordance  with the  provisions of Section 50 of the Act. The evidence of  the  prosecution
\npertaining to the recovery of the contraband revolves round the evidence of Parma Nand (PW-3), Vijay Mehta (PW-5), ASI Raghbir Singh (PW-7),  Inspector Joginder Pal (PW-8) and ACP Vijay Malik (PW-9). It has come in the evidence of  ASI  Raghbir Singh (PW-7) that on 9.8.1990, while  on  patrolling  duty accompanied  by  SHO Joginder Pal (PW-8), Constables  Hawel  Singh,  Trilok Chand  and Dilbagh, he received a secret information on the basis of  which he organized a raiding party and laid an ambush near the railway  crossing. At  about 5 a.m., appellant was spotted near the railway crossing  and  was
\napprehended  on  the  spot. The appellant was given  the  option  of  being searched  before  a Gazetted Officer or a Magistrate but  he  declined  the offer.  In  the  meanwhile, ACP Vijay Malik (PW-9),  upon  the  information received,  came to the spot and directed search of the appellant.  Thereafter, he took search of the appellant and recovered 20 grams of charas  from his  possession  vide Seizure Memo (Ex. PW-3\/A). A sample of two  grams  of charas was drawn from the contraband seized from the appellant. The  sample as  well as the remaining charas were converted into separate  parcels  and they  were duly sealed on the spot. CFSL form was duly filled up. The  contraband articles along with CFSL form were handed over to Inspector Joginder  Pal (PW-8) for being deposited in the Mal Khana. On completion  of  the said  formalities, he sent the rukka (Ex. PW-7\/A) to the police station  on the  basis of which the FIR (Ex. PW-2\/A) was registered at the police  station. Parma Nand (PW-3), who is one of the panch witnesses, testified  that at  the relevant time one puriya containing charas was recovered  from  the appellant’s  possession  whereas panch witness Vijay Mehta  (PW-5)  deposed that  20 grams of opium was recovered from the appellant’s  possession.  In other  words, Vijay Mehta (PW-5) has not supported the prosecution  version
\nregarding  the alleged recovery of charas from the appellant’s  possession. However,  Inspector  Joginder Pal (PW-8) and ACP Vijay  Malik  (PW-9)  have corroborated evidence of the ASI Raghbir Singh (PW-7) <\/p>\n
 5.   It  is significant to mention that the rukka (Ex.PW.-7\/A) prepared  by the  ASI Raghbir Singh (PW-7) reveals that the alleged recovery of  contra-band was made at 5 a.m. and the same was sent to the police station at 6.55 a.m.  The FIR (Ex.PW-2\/A) shows that it was recorded at the police  Station at  7.10 a.m. Surprisingly, the Seizure Memo (Ex. PW-3\/A), the Search  Memo (Ex. PW-5\/A), the memorandum of search and seizure (Ex.PW-9\/A) prepared  by ASI  Raghbir Singh (PW-7) on the spot bear the number of the FIR  (Ex.  PW2\/A). It is also significant to mention that the number of the FIR (Ex. PW-2\/A) given on the top of the aforesaid documents in the same ink and in the same  handwriting, which clearly indicates that these documents  were  prepared  at  the same time. The prosecution has not offered  any  explanation whatsoever  as to under that circumstances number of the FIR  (Ex.  PW-2\/A) had  appeared on the top of the aforesaid documents, which  were  allegedly prepared on the spot. This gives rise to two inferences that either the FIR (Ex.  PW-2\/A) was recorded prior to the alleged recovery of the  contraband or number of the said FIR was inserted in these documents after its  registration. In both the situations, it seriously reflects upon the veracity of the prosecution version as narrated by the aforesaid witnesses and  creates a good deal of doubt about recovery of the contraband in the manner alleged by the prosecution.\n<\/p>\n
 6.   There is yet another staggering circumstance against the  prosecution, the  benefit of which must necessarily go to the appellant.  Inspector  Joginder  Pal  (PW-8) deposed that on 9.8.1990, he took in  his  custody  the pulindas containing the contraband articles and the CFSL form and deposited them  in  the police Mal Khana. Head Constable Durga Singh  (PW-1)  deposed that  on  that  day Inspector Joginder Pal (PW-8) had  deposited  the  said articles  in the police Mal Khana vide entry (Ex. PW-1\/A) in the Mal  Khana register.  Although, the entry (Ex. PW-1\/A) of the Mal Khana  register  re-cites  the whole procedure adopted by the police party led by  ASI  Raghbir Singh  (PW-7) in recovering the contraband articles from the possession  of the appellant but it does not mention that the CFSL form was also deposited by the Inspector Joginder Pal (PW-8) along with the sealed pulindas.  Thus, there is not an iota of evidence to show a to where the CFSL form  containing  the specimen seals had remained till the sampled contraband  was  despatched  to the Chemical examiner. Needless to add that the  provisions  of the Act are so stringent that it cast a duty on the prosecution to rule out any  possibility  of tampering of the sample and false  implication  of  an accused.  It  must be borne in mind that the severer  the  punishment,  the greater care has to be taken to see all the safeguards provided in a  statute  are scrupulously followed. Unfortunately, the learned Additional  Sessions Judge did not take notice of the aforesaid infirmities in the  prosecution  case  and unjustifiably accepted the prosecution  evidence.  Consequently, the impugned order of conviction and sentence cannot be sustained.\n<\/p>\n
      For  the  foregoing reasons, the appeal is allowed  and  the  impugned order of conviction and sentence is set aside and the appellant is  acquitted of the offence punishable under Section 20 of the Act. The appellant is
\nin  custody. He shall be set at liberty immediately, if not wanted  in  any other cause. The fine if paid shall be refunded to the appellant.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Delhi High Court Ashok vs State on 25 October, 1999 Equivalent citations: 1999 VIAD Delhi 840, 82 (1999) DLT 382, 1999 (51) DRJ 668 Author: M Siddiqui Bench: M Siddiqui ORDER M.S.A. Siddiqui, J. 1. this appeal is directed against the judgment and order dated 16.1.1993 passed by the Additional Sessions Judge, Delhi in Sessions […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31066","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-delhi-high-court","category-high-court"],"yoast_head":"\nAshok vs State on 25 October, 1999 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court & High Court | Legal India<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/ashok-vs-state-on-25-october-1999\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ashok vs State on 25 October, 1999 - 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