Supreme Court of India
State of Orissa v. Janmejoy Dinda
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What the Court ordered
We are of the opinion that for failure to disclose the name of the person from whom he acquired the drugs, he need not be sent to jail as we feel that such failure could have happened perhaps because he was oblivious of the name and address of the person from whom he purchased the drug.
Judgment, page 6
From the headnote
Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940 : Sections 18- , 27(b)(ii) and 28-Search and seizure-Nursing Home- Stock of medicinal drugs for sale-No valid licence-Purchase invoice not produced-Failure to disclose name and address of the person from whom the drugs were acquired-Conviction and sentence passed by the Trial Court-Appeal to High Court-Acquittal for offence under section 28 on the ground that section 18- not applicable to accused as he was neither a manufacturer nor an agent-On appeal, Held, section 18- applies to any person other than manufacturer or agent of drug-Acquittal based on faulty
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