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1999 (7) TMI 657 - SUPREME COURTConviction of the appellant under Section 8C read with Section 21 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotrophic Substances Act, 1985 Held that:- In this case, the confessional statement (Ext. P-3) made by the appellant which corroborates the evidence of P.W.1. P.W.1 had taken the appellant to her office and the confessional statement came to be recorded at about 8 P.M., no doubt, while the appellant was in custody of P.W.1. But that by itself cannot be regarded as sufficient to hold that the confessional statement was made by the appellant under pressure or compulsion. Even while giving his statement under Section 313 Cr.P.C. the appellant had not stated what was the nature of the threat given to him or in which manner the pressure was brought upon him. As the samples were prepared in the Court in presence of the Presiding Magistrate and were properly packed and court seal was applied on them and as the chemical analyst had also found the seal intact there is little room for doubt that the sample which was examined by the chemical analyst was a part of M.O.3. In our opinion, the Courts below did not commit any error in holding that what was found from the appellant was heroin. Against appellant.
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