Petitioner filed a writ petition regarding the seizure of contraband identified as Methamphetamine instead of MDMA in an FSL report. The Court adopted the submitted report, allaying the grievance and closing the petition.
Closed the writ petition on receipt of the FSL report, reserving the right to raise contentions before the trial court.
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM
PRESENT
THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE V.G.ARUN
FRIDAY, THE 2ND DAY OF JUNE 2023 / 12TH JYAISHTA, 1945
W.P.(CRL.) NO.359 OF 2023
CRIME NO.2/2023 OF MANJESWAR POLICE STATION, KASARGOD.
PETITIONER:
PREETHI D SOUZA,
AGED 19 YEARS, D/O. GILBER D SOUZA, R/AT NARLAPADI, THALAPPADY, KOTEKAR VILLAGE, DAKSHINA KANNADA, MANGALORE, KARNATAKA-575 023.
BY ADV P.RAKESH THAMBAN
RESPONDENTS:
1 STATE OF KERALA
REPRESENTED BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM-682 031.
2 JOINT DIRECTOR, REGIONAL FORENSIC SCIENCE LABORATORY, KANNUR-670 002.
SRI. M.C. ASHI, PUBLIC PROSECUTOR
THIS WRIT PETITION (CRIMINAL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 02.06.2023, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING:
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JUDGMENT
Dated this the 2nd day of June, 2023
Learned Public Prosecutor made available a copy of the FSL report as per which the contraband seized is Methamphetamine and not MDMA. As the FSL report is received, the petitioner's grievance stands substantially allayed.
The writ petition is hence closed, reserving the petitioner's right to raise all contentions before the trial
court.
Sd/- V.G. ARUN JUDGE
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APPENDIX OF WP(CRL.) 359/2023
PETITIONER'S EXHIBITS
Exhibit P1
THE TRUE COPY OF THE SEIZURE MAHAZAR IN CRIME NO. 2/2023 OF MANJESHWAR POLICE STATION DATED 01.01.2023
Preethi D Souza
State of Kerala
Joint Director, Regional Forensic Science Laboratory, Kannur
V.G. ARUN
As recorded by the court registry
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