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Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985
Brief Facts The petitioner was arrested on 07.04.2022 for offences under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (NDPS Act) involving recovery of 2 Kgs of heroin. The chargesheet was filed on 07.10.2024 within the stipulated time under Section 167(2) of CrPC. However, at the time of filing the chargesheet, the Forensic Science Laboratory...
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Brief Facts The Delhi High Court granted bail to the respondent solely on the ground of belated compliance of Section 52A of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985. The High Court held that there was non-compliance of Section 51A within reasonable time, which gave rise to apprehension that sample could have been tempered...
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Brief Facts An intelligence officer had received information about accused No. 4 /appellant carrying narcotics in an auto-rickshaw. A raiding party attempted to intercept the auto-rickshaw, which fled, leading to a chase and the discovery of abandoned narcotics. Subsequently, narcotics were found in appellant’s house, leading to the arrest of appellant (Accused No.1) and Accused...
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Brief Facts Based on secret information, NCB officials along with two panch witnesses conducted a raid at the Kheda ST Bus Stand, where two suspects were spotted. One of them, later identified as Anwarkhan (A-1), was apprehended with a bag containing two polythene packets of contraband weighing 2 kg 30 gms, while the other suspect...
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Brief Facts Trial Court arrived at the conclusion that no offence under Sections 8, 22 and 29, and under Section 8(c) and 22(c) of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (hereinafter, the “NDPS Act”), respectively, could be said to have been made out since the psychotropic substance in question do not figure in...
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Brief Facts The appellant along with others were found in possession of poppy husk amounting to 54 Kgs. Recovery was made from the car in which the appellant was traveling. The Trial Court convicted the appellant along with others which was subsequently confirmed by the High Court. Issues Whether independent witness is required to prove...
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Brief Facts The Intelligence Officer of Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) intercepted a lorry, on the basis of the information received by them, wherein four persons were found and upon search the NCB found 20 kgs of heroin kept in two jute bags. Thereafter, samples were drawn from each of the packets i.e. 14 big and...
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Brief Facts The appeals have been filed before this Hon’ble Court by two persons, Balwinder Singh and Satnam Singh, who were convicted for possession of heroin. Both were found guilty and convicted for commission of offence under Section 21 read with Section 8 of the NDPS Act. The Special Court imposed death sentence on Balwinder...
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Brief Facts The petitioner was accused of committing offences punishable under Sections 20, 25 and 29 of the NDPS Act. He had been under incarceration for a period of 7 years and the criminal trial was not even half completed. High Court denied bail against which SLP was filed. Issues Whether the provisions of section...
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Issues Whether definition of “ganja” under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 includes ganja seeds? Held Bail Application was allowed. The materials on record show that the petitioner has supplied Ganja seed for cultivation and as per the definition of Ganja in Section 2(iii)(b) of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985...
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