Section 497 of the Narcotic Sub Maintenance Act of 1997 (XXV of 1997), was the driver of a Section 9 suspect's Grant Rickshaw in which three people were sitting in the back seat of the driver while two escaped while one was arrested. And the drugs were allegedly recovered. The police found Rickshaw on the seat that could have belonged to the escapees. Or the suspect, who was detained by the police, but the suspect had no contact with the substance of the drugs allegedly recovered from being a rickshaw driver, unaware of the intoxicating substance in the driver's bag that was found in the driver's seat. Was kept and he still had it. After recording the evidence, decide through the trial court, whether the accused knew about the drug on the back seat of the rickshaw, the sentence for the alleged offense with or against passengers could be life imprisonment or death sentence. Not yet, after completing the proceedings, it was to be determined that the co-accused was granted bail and the accused was on a good basis while the co-accused was entitled to the same privileges on the principle of consistency rule (rickshaw driver). There was no contractor with the recovered property. , Under the circumstances, he was guaranteed \ r \ n
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