Presumptions In NDPS Act Do Not Dispense With Prosecutions' Burden To Prove The Charge Beyond Reasonable Doubt: SC [Read Judgment]

The Supreme Court, in Naresh Kumar vs State of HP, has held that presumption provisions in the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 against an accused does not dispense with the obligation of the prosecution to prove the charge beyond all reasonable doubt.A bench comprising Justice L Nageswara Rao and Justice Navin Sinha, while restoring a trial court’s findings of acquittal...