IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. OF 2026 @ SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION (CRIMINAL) NO.18865/2025
SEEMA RANI …APPELLANT VERSUS
STATE OF PUNJAB …RESPONDENT
O R D E R
1. Heard.
2. Leave granted.
3. The case of the prosecution is that on a
secret information received, they found white
colour scooter which was parked in the house of
appellant wherein 40 grams of heroin was found
and seized. Hence, an FIR came to be registered
for the offence under Sections 21 and 29 of the
Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act,
1985.
4. Though the learned counsel appearing for the
appellant would vehemently contend that there was
no mens rea on the part of the appellant or in
other words the contraband seized was not from
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her conscious possession, however the fact
remains that the scooter belong to the appellant
and the said contraband was seized from her
residence, nonetheless the mental culpable status
of mind is an issue which will have to be
examined after the prosecution leads its
evidence.
5. Having regard to the fact that appellant was
involved in a similar incident earlier has
perforced the courts-below to deny the relief.
However, in the instant case as noticed
hereinabove at the time of the seizure of the
contraband, appellant was not found in her
residence and that apart pursuant to the interim
protection granted, she has...