https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=171626 Heroin recovery from a truck and from one appellant's residence was treated as proved on oral and documentary evidence, and the concurrent factual findings below were not disturbed. The claim that the contraband was planted, or that the appellants lacked knowledge and control over the bag and contents, failed on the facts. The statutory presumptions relating to possession under the NDPS Act were held to operate on the proved circumstances, and the defence did not rebut them. The Court reiterated that criminal guilt must be proved beyond reasonable doubt, but benefit of doubt does not extend to fanciful or remote possibilities, so the conviction and sentence were upheld. en-us Wed, 12 Jan 2011 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 29 Oct 2015 19:10:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=171626 Heroin recovery from a truck and from one appellant's residence was treated as proved on oral and documentary evidence, and the concurrent factual findings below were not disturbed. The claim that the contraband was planted, or that the appellants lacked knowledge and control over the bag and contents, failed on the facts. The statutory presumptions relating to possession under the NDPS Act were held to operate on the proved circumstances, and the defence did not rebut them. The Court reiterated that criminal guilt must be proved beyond reasonable doubt, but benefit of doubt does not extend to fanciful or remote possibilities, so the conviction and sentence were upheld. Case-Laws Customs Wed, 12 Jan 2011 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=171626