ASLAM PARWEZ vs GOVT.OF NCT OF DELHI — Crl.A. No. 307/1998

Case Summary: Aslam Parwez v. Govt. of NCT of Delhi Decision: The Supreme Court allowed both criminal appeals and set aside the convictions of appellants Aslam Parwez and Mohd. Ishtiaq, finding the prosecution evidence unreliable and insufficient for conviction under the Arms Act, Explosives Substances Act, and TADA. Key Reasoning: All four public witnesses examined by the prosecution turned hostile and contradicted police claims about the recovery of arms and explosives. The court found the police testimony "stereotyped and highly artificial," particularly regarding the timing (one-hour gap between suspect arrival and police raid) and the implausible scenario of suspects remaining present during weapon transfer. For Parwez's TADA conviction based on recovery from an open construction site eight months later, the court applied precedent that mere knowledge or discovery from accessible public places cannot establish conscious possession of weapons. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.