Tofan Singh v. State of Tamil Nadu

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:United_States_Supreme_Court_case
gptkbp:area gptkb:Criminal_Law
gptkb:Narcotic_Drugs_and_Psychotropic_Substances_Act
gptkbp:citation (2021) 4 SCC 1
gptkbp:country gptkb:India
gptkbp:date 2020-10-29
gptkbp:decidedBy gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_India
gptkbp:hasKeyword gptkb:confession
gptkb:law
gptkb:NDPS_Act
gptkbp:heldBy Confessions made to NDPS officers are not admissible as evidence
NDPS officers are police officers for the purpose of Section 25 of Evidence Act
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Tofan Singh v. State of Tamil Nadu
gptkbp:impact Changed prosecution procedure under NDPS Act
gptkbp:judge gptkb:R.F._Nariman
Indira Banerjee
Navin Sinha
gptkbp:legalIssue Admissibility of confessions under NDPS Act
Section 25 of Evidence Act
Section 67 of NDPS Act
gptkbp:overruledBy Kanhaiyalal v. Union of India
gptkbp:powers 3-judge bench
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:NDPS_Act
gptkb:Narcotic_Drugs_and_Psychotropic_Substances_Act
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8