Case Law Analysis
|Himachal Pradesh High Court
NDPS Act Section 21 | Chance Recovery by Patrolling Police Valid Without Mandatory Independent Witnesses : Himachal Pradesh HC
Himachal Pradesh High Court rules that police testimony alone suffices for conviction under NDPS Act when contraband is recovered during patrolling, even without independent witnesses. The court upheld a heroin possession conviction while reducing the sentence from five to one year on proportionality grounds, clarifying that seal non-production is not fatal if specimen impressions are exhibited.