Full Bench comprising of Five Judges of the Supreme Court Ruled: In a case under NDPS Act, where the informant himself is the investigator, by that itself cannot be said that the investigation is vitiated on the ground of bias or the like factor. The question of bias or prejudice would depend upon the facts and circumstances of each case. Therefore, merely because the informant is the investigator, by that itself the investigation would not suffer the vice of unfairness or bias and therefore on the sole ground that informant is the investigator, the accused is not entitled to acquittal. The matter has to be decided on a case to case basis. A contrary decision of this Court in the case of Mohan Lal vs. State of Punjab (2018) 08 SC CK 0033 and any other decision taking a contrary view that the informant cannot be the investigator and in such a case the accused is entitled to acquittal are not good law and they are specifically overruled.
NAME MOBILE NO. E-MAIL I’D RANJEET KUMAR 8383098478 , 9667769795 rk@courtkutchehry.com JAI THAKUR 8130703334 , 9355723300 jai.thakur@courtkutchehry.com RAJEEV RANJAN 9334553249 rajiv.ranjan@courtkutchehry.com ASHOK MISHRA 9718327746 sales@courtkutchehry.com RAVI KUMAR ravi.singh@courtkutchehry.com Mukesh Singh Vs. State (Narcotic Branch Of Delhi), (2020) 08SC CK 0046 (Full Bench comprising of Five Judges of the Supreme Court Ruled: In a case under NDPS Act, where the informant himself is the investigator, by that itself cannot be said that the investigation is vitiated on the ground of bias or the like factor. The question of bias or prejudice would depend upon the facts and circumstances of each case. Therefore, merely because the informant is the investigator, by that itself the investigation would not suffer the vice of unfairness or bias and therefore on the sole ground that informant is the investi...