MOHD. ALI NAVED vs STATE OF M.P. — Crl.A. No. 1160/1999

Summary: Mohd. Ali Naved and Mohd. Akhtar were convicted under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 for possessing 10 kg of charas seized from a car at a checkpoint in 1992, and sentenced to 10 years imprisonment and Rs. 1,00,000 fine each. The High Court dismissed their appeal on 14.5.1999. On 14.12.2000, the Supreme Court allowed Naved's appeal, finding no evidence that he possessed or was jointly in possession of the contraband—the seizure memo, car registration, and investigating officer's testimony all linked the drugs solely to co-accused Akhtar. The Court quashed and set aside the convictions, ordering Naved's immediate release if not required in any other case. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.