Gopakumar v. State of Kerala
Case brief
What is this about?
Held that proof of link between seized substance and laboratory sample was missing. Conviction and sentence quashed; appellant acquitted and set at liberty.
What did the court decide?
Conviction and sentence quashed; appellant acquitted and set at liberty.
What the court decided
IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM
PRESENT
THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE K. BABU
TUESDAY, THE 19TH DAY OF MARCH 2024 / 29TH PHALGUNA, 1945
CRL.A NO. 870 OF 2009
AGAINST THE JUDGMENT DATED 25.04.2009 IN SC NO.1875 OF 2001 OF
ADDITIONAL SESSIONS COURT, FAST TRACK NO.III, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM
APPELLANT/ACCUSED:
GOPAKUMAR,S/O CHANDRASEKHARAN NAIR, MANJADITHALA VEEDU, VENPAKAL DESOM, ATHIYANNOOR VILLAGE, NEYYATINKARA. BY ADV SRI.G.SUDHEER KARAKONAM
RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT:
STATE OF KERALA, PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM.
Parties & counsel
- appellant
GOPAKUMAR
- respondent
STATE OF KERALA
Coram
K. BABU
Case details
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