State of Karnataka v. Sadiq Pasha
LOK 2026 (10) SC 13
Equivalent citations: 2026 INSC 1083 : 2026 KLT OnLine 4665
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Bench
- J.B. Pardiwala & K. Vinod Chandran; JJ.
Counsel For Petitioner(s): Mr. Aman Panwar, A.A.G. Mr. Sanchit Garga, AOR Mr. Shashwat Jaiswal, Adv. Mr. Bhanu Pratap Singh, Adv. Ms. Diksha Arora, Adv. Mr. Manav Kaushik, Adv. Ms. Aranya Sahay, Adv. Mr. Rishi Yadav, Adv. Mr. Nakul Shrivastava, Adv.
Provisions referred
Headnote
Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 — Sections 20(b)(ii)(C), 53A & 67 — Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Section 482 (now BNSS 528) — Quashing of Criminal Proceedings / Split Chargesheet against Absconding Accused — Evidentiary Value of Confessional Statement of Co-accused
The respondent (Accused No. 3), who had allegedly fled from the spot during a police search yielding 32.615 kgs of Ganja from a car, was declared an absconder and a split chargesheet was drawn against him in Special Case Crime No. 24 of 2022. The High Court quashed the criminal proceedings against the respondent relying on Tofan Singh v. State of Tamil Nadu, State (by NCB) Bengaluru v. Pallulabid Ahmad Arimutta, Balwinder Singh (Binda) v. Narcotics Control Bureau, and Firdoskhan Khurshidkhan v. State of Gujarat, on the ground that the respondent was neither apprehended at the spot nor found in possession of contraband, but was arrayed solely on the confessional statement of co-accused.
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