NDPS Act

Jothi @ Nagajothi v. The State, 2025 INSC 1417 - S.52A NDPS Act - Commercial Quantity - Minimum Mandatory Sentence

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Moh. Kamil Patel v. State of Chhattisgarh - S.32B NDPS Act - Driving Without Licence

NDPS Act - Section 32B - Driving a vehicle without a license may be a ground to punish the driver for an offence under the M.V. Act, but that by itself would not be a ground to believe that the offender is involved in other illegal activities facilitating or

NDPS Act

Union of India v. Namdeo Ashruba Nakade - NDPS Act - Bail- Drug Abuse

NDPS Act 1985 - Section 37 - Allowing appeal against HC order that granted bail to an accused, SC observed: Prima facie this Court is of the opinion that the Respondent-accused is involved in drug trafficking in an organized manner. Consequently, no case for dispensing with mandatory requirement of Section

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Dharam Singh v. State of Himachal Pradesh - NDPS Act

NDPS Act 1986 - Section 20- While partly allowing appeal, SC observed: There is lack of evidence to prove that the scale was recalibrated to indicate zero before the weighing was done. This raises some sort of a doubt with regard to the actual weight. This would be relevant in

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Union of India v. Vigin K. Varghese; 2025 INSC 1316 - S.37 NDPS Act - Bail

Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 - Section 37- Allowing an appeal against HC order that granted bail, SC observed: The High Court recorded a finding that there exist reasonable grounds to believe that the applicant is not guilty of the alleged offence, treating prolonged incarceration and likely delay

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Denash v. State of Tamil Nadu 2025 INSC 1258 - S.60 NDPS Act- Interim Custody Of Seized Conveyance

Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (Seizure, Storage, Sampling and Disposal) Rules, 2022 - Rules of 2022 cannot be interpreted as divesting the Special Courts of their jurisdiction to entertain an application for interim custody or release of a seized conveyance under Sections 451 and 457 of CrPC [Sections 497 and

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Vaddi Ratnam vs State Of Andhra Pradesh 2025 INSC 1180 - Principle Of Parity - NDPS - Acquittal

Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 - While allowing appeal against concurrent conviction and ordering acquittal, SC observed: We think it is just and necessary to apply the principle of parity because the complaint as against both the accused is one and same and a joint trial was conducted

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Manoj Tejraj Jain v. State of Gujarat 2025 INSC 1090 - S.35 NDPS Act - Principle of Foundational Facts

NDPS Act - Section 35 - Unless the prosecution is able to prove foundational facts in the context of the allegations made against the accused under any specific provision of the NDPS Act as the case may be, the statutory presumption of culpable mental state under Section 35 of the

Indian Evidence Act 1872 : Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam 2023

Kailas Bajirao Pawar v. State of Maharashtra 2025 INSC 1117 - S. 65B Evidence Act - S.52A NDPS Act - S.293 CrPC

headlines * Supreme Court Limits Re-Trial Orders to "Exceptional Cases" to Prevent Miscarriage of Justice * Electronic Evidence Admissibility: Section 65B(4) Certificate Sufficient; Detailed Witness Deposition Not Always Required * Chemical Examiner's Report Admissible Under Section 293 CrPC; Examination Not Mandatory in Every NDPS Case * Non-Production of Seized

NDPS Act

Nadeem Ahamed vs State of West Bengal 2025 INSC 993 - S.52A NDPS Act

Note Sign in to read our notes on this judgment. Register @ citecase.in to subscribe ! Read Judgment NDPS Act - Section 52A - The procedure under Section 52A of the NDPS Act has not been considered to be mandatory by this Court, but the facts taken cumulatively, i.e., the

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State of Punjab vs. Gurnam @ Gama 2025 INSC 960 - NDPS Act - Acquittal Relying On Mohan Lal's Case Set Aside

NDPS Act - While allowing appeal against acquittal by High Court in an NDPS case, SC observed: Courts only interprets law and do not enact law. In the case in hand, the judgment of Mohan Lal’s case prevailed when the High Court decided the appeals. However, thereafter, the matter

Criminal

Narayan Das vs State Of Chhattisgarh 2025 INSC 872- S.32B NDPS Act

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State Of U.P. vs Rajesh Patel 2025 INSC 692 - NDPS Act

NDPS Act -SLP dismissed - Referred to Gaunter Edwin Kircher v. State of Goa and observed: The cited decision was a case in which two packets of Ganja, one weighing 5 grams and the other 7 grams were seized and the packet weighing 5 grams alone was sent for chemical

Criminal

Directorate Of Revenue Intelligence vs Raj Kumar Arora 2025 INSC 498 - S.8 NDPS Act - S.216 CrPC - Doctrine Of Prospective Overruling

NDPS Act - All the psychotropic substances mentioned under the Schedule to the Act have potential grave and harmful consequences to the individual and the society at large, when abused. Some psychotropic substances mentioned under the Schedule to the NDPS Act are also mentioned under the D&C Act

Criminal

Surepally Srinivas vs State Of Andhra Pradesh 2025 INSC 414 - S. 52A NDPS Act - Non Compliance

Non-Compliance Of Section 52A NDPS Act and Standing Orders

Criminal

Tarun Kumar Majhi vs State Of West Bengal - NDPS Act - Seized Vehicles

NDPS Act - To direct the owner not to sell the vehicle till the trial concludes against the accused, would be extremely unfair as no owner can be directed to possess and own the vehicle indefinitely - Seized vehicles can be confiscated by the Trial Court only on conclusion of

Criminal

Narcotic Control Bureau vs Lakhwinder Singh 2025 INSC 190 - NDPS Act - Bail - Appellate Court

Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 - Section 37 - Appellate Court is bound by constraints of Section 37 of the NDPS Act while considering the prayer for the grant of bail during the pendency of an appeal. However, if, in the facts of the case, an accused has

Criminal

State Of Jharkhand vs Sunny Kumar @ Sunny Kumar Sao 2025 INSC 153- NDPS Act - Bail

NDPS Act - SC sets aside HC order that granted bail to NDPS accused noticing that he has been arrested in a similar offence under the NDPS Act - No legal aspects involved. State Of Jharkhand vs Sunny Kumar @ Sunny Kumar Sao - NDPS Act - BailState Of Jharkhand vs

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Rajwant Singh Vs State Of Haryana - S 52A NDPS Act

NDPS Act - Section 52A - The initial burden lies on the accused to first lay the foundational facts to show that there was non-compliance of Section 52A on a preponderance of probabilities, either by leading evidence of its own or by relying upon the evidence of the prosecution -

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Rakesh Kumar Raghuvanshi Vs State Of Madhya Pradesh 2025 INSC 96 - S 54 NDPS Act- Conscious Possession

NDPS Act - Conscious possession - Possession under the NDPS Act should not only be physical but also conscious. Conscious possession implies that the person knew that he had the illicit drug or psychotropic substance in his control and had the intent or knowledge of its illegal nature- Conscious possession

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Bharat Aambale vs State Of Chhattisgarh 2025 INSC 78 - Ss 52A, 54 NDPS Act

Is non-compliance of the procedure under Section 52A NDPS Act fatal to prosecution case?

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Sri Shankar Dongarisaheb Bhosale vs State Of Karnataka - NDPS Act - Taxi Driver Acquitted

NDPS Act - Appeal filed by Taxi Driver convicted in an NDPS case as ganja which was packed in two visible bags was seized from his vehicle - Allowing his appeal and acquitting him, SC observed: The Courts below have convicted the appellant solely for the reason that the appellant

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Bishwajit Dey Vs State Of Assam 2025 INSC 32 - NDPS Act - Seized Vehicle Return

NDPS Act- There is no specific bar/restriction under the provisions of the NDPS Act for return of any seized vehicle used for transporting narcotic drug or psychotropic substance in the interim pending disposal of the criminal case- Court can invoke the general power under Sections 451 and 457 of

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Narcotics Control Bureau vs Kashif 2024 INSC 1045 - Ss 37, 52A NDPS Act

NDPS Act - Section 37 - In the NDPS cases, where the offence is punishable with minimum sentence of ten years, the accused shall generally be not released on bail. Negation of bail is the rule and its grant is an exception. While considering the application for bail, the court

Code Of Criminal Procedure 1973: Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023

Karan Talwar vs State of Tamil Nadu 2024 INSC 1012- S 227 CrPC - S 27 NDPS Act - Discharge

Code of Criminal Procedure 1973 - Section 227 - While calling upon to exercise the power under Section 227, Cr.P.C., the judge concerned has to consider only the record of the case and the documents produced along with the same. If on such consideration the court forms an