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"NDPS" Digest

Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act 1985 - Section 37 - Bail - Commercial Quantity - Mandatory twin conditions - Satisfaction of Court regarding reasonable grounds for believing accused is not guilty and unlikely to commit offence while on bail is prerequisite - Existence of six criminal antecedents under NDPS Act for similar offences indicates petitioner failed to satisfy the aforesaid...

Preventive Detention – PITNDPS Act – Section 3(1) – Non-Application of Mind – Relevant Ground for Bail Ignored – Detention Order dated 13.05.2025 was passed against the petitioner based on her involvement in four FIRs under the NDPS Act and four other FIRs relating to illicit liquor trade – The Detaining Authority referred to the bail order dated 19.09.2024 pass...

Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, Section 483 - Bail - NDPS Act - Custodial necessity - Petitioner arrayed as an accomplice based on information from co-accused Jawan Singh - No recovery of contraband effected from the petitioner - Co-accused and other similarly placed persons already granted bail by a Coordinate Bench - Investigation complete and charge sheet filed - Held, looking at the period...

Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 – Section 37 – Bail – Commercial Quantity – Prolonged Incarceration – Successive Bail Petition – Petitioner apprehended on 22.04.2024 with 540 grams of heroin recovered from personal search – Co-accused found with 480 grams – Challan filed – No prosecution witness examined out of 17 total &nd...

NDPS Act – Bail – Disclosure Statement of Co-Accused – Inadmissibility – Petitioner not present at the spot of recovery and not named in the FIR – 520 grams of heroin recovered from co-accused Lovepreet Singh alias Love – Petitioner implicated solely on the basis of disclosure statements of co-accused made during police custody – No independent recovery of...

NDPS – Bail – Section 37(1)(b), NDPS Act, 1985 – Constructive Possession – Petitioner was driving a private car (belonging to his father) from which contraband was recovered from a co-passenger – Only article seized from petitioner was a mobile phone – No contraband recovered from his person – None of the accused named the petitioner as involved – Pe...

Criminal Law — Default Bail — NDPS Act — Extension of Remand — Accused Not Present — Gross Illegality — Article 21 — Petitioner/Accused No. 2 was in custody in Crime No. 65 of 2024 under the NDPS Act — Extension of time for remand was granted by I Additional District and Sessions Judge-cum-Special Judge for NDPS offences, Rajamahendravaram, vide orde...

NDPS Act – Default Bail – Charge-Sheet Without FSL/Chemical Analysis Report – Sections 8(c), 22(c) and 29 NDPS Act – Section 187(3) BNSS / Section 167(2) CrPC – Applicant arrested in connection with recovery of 160 grams of Mephedrone (MD) of commercial quantity – Charge-sheet filed on 21.01.2026 without the Chemical Analysis report, though the said report was p...

NDPS Act – Recovery of Poppy Straw – Acquittal – Prosecution story based on secret information received by Investigating Officer PW-17 at Bhugrani Chowk, followed by search of the house of appellant Angrejo Devi, yielding 16 bags of alleged contraband in the presence of both appellants – Trial Court convicted both appellants under Section 15 of the NDPS Act and sentenced th...

Criminal Law – NDPS Act – Regular Bail – Third Attempt – Implication Solely on Co-Accused Disclosure Statement – Petitioner arrested on 10.08.2025 in FIR No.176 dated 03.07.2025 for offences under Sections 21, 29, 27-A NDPS Act and Section 25 Arms Act – Recovery of 1.40 kg heroin, two pistols and live cartridges effected from co-accused's premises; further 5...