NDPS Act – Bail – Parity – Section 20(b)(ii)(B) – Cannabis – Accused No.2 alleged to have supplied cannabis to Accused No.1 and to have been found in possession of 1.590 kg of cannabis recovered pursuant to disclosure by Accused No.1 – Accused No.2 in custody since 15.06.2025 – Accused No.1, found with higher quantity of 4.725 kg, already enlarged on bail ...
Preventive Detention – NDPS – Delay in Passing Detention Order – Live and Proximate Link – Writ petition challenging detention order dated 14.10.2025 passed under Section 3(1) of PIT-NDPS Act, confirmed for one year from 23.10.2025 — Petitioner convicted in 2020 under NDPS Act; later granted bail on appeal; again involved in NDPS offence in 2024 and released on bail s...
Criminal Law - Personal Liberty — Illegal Arrest — De Facto Custody — 24-Hour Mandate — Section 58 BNSS / Article 22(2) — Petition Allowed — Petitioner, a partner of pharmaceutical firm M/s Digital Vision, was allegedly involved in illegal inter-state diversion of psychotropic medicines — NCB conducted search of petitioner's premises on 31.10.2025 at a...
NDPS – Bail – Ganja – Definition – Section 2(iii)(b) – Commercial Quantity – Section 37 Rigours Rendered Doubtful – Applicants arrested on 09.12.2024 carrying 21.95 kg of alleged ganja; Seizure Memo recorded the bag contained dried leaves and small branches; FSL report described the exhibit as dried greenish brown flowering and fruiting tops vegetative mat...
NDPS – Acquittal – Appeal Against Acquittal – Prosecution Appeal Dismissed – DRI officers, acting on intelligence inputs, seized 1329 kg and 750 grams of hashish from a godown in Kadodara, Surat on 18.06.1994 – Charge-sheet filed under Sections 20(b)(ii), 22, 23, 29 and allied provisions of the NDPS Act – Special Court acquitted all accused on 07.09.1999 finding...
NDPS Act – Sections 20, 25 and 29 – Separate Punishment – Legislation by Reference and Incorporation – Appellant convicted along with co-accused for possession and transportation of 4 kg 100 gms of commercial quantity of charas found in a vehicle — Special Judge sentenced both convicts to 12 years rigorous imprisonment under Sections 20(b)(ii)(C) and 25 read with 29 o...
Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940 — Section 18(a)(i) and (vi) read with Section 16(1)(a) punishable under Section 27(d) — Section 34 — Vicarious Liability of Managing Director — Quashing — Complaint Allowed — Drug "Oflox OZ Suspension 30 ML" (Ofloxacin & Metronidazole Suspension, Batch No. CLOF14014) manufactured by M/s Crest Lifesciences Pvt. Ltd. and...
Criminal Law - Sections 17, 18, 61 and 85 NDPS Act – Acquittal – Tampering with Case Property – Chain of Custody – Accused were intercepted on a scooter on 26.12.2001 and 950 grams of opium recovered from a bag carried by Matu Ram – Case property sealed by ASI/Investigating Officer with seal RKM and thereafter re-sealed by the officiating SHO (PW1-Surat Singh) with se...
NDPS – Conviction under Section 21(c) – Recovery of Codeine-Containing Cough Syrup – Commercial Quantity – Four accused intercepted at a public place on the basis of secret information — 175 bottles of Codeine-containing cough syrup recovered from bags, plastic sacks and a ladies purse in their possession — FSL report confirmed presence of Codeine Phosphate and ...
NDPS Act – Bail – Sections 21 and 25 – Quantity Below Commercial Threshold – Section 37 Not Applicable – Applicant arrested on 28.03.2025 for alleged recovery of 6.08 grams of heroin from speedometer of his motorcycle – Challan filed – 11 out of 19 witnesses examined – Trial not likely to conclude in near future – Multiple prior NDPS cases regi...