Supreme Court of India

State through Intelligence Officer Narcotics Control Bureau v. Mushtaq Ahmad Etc.

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Reported as [2015] 15 S.C.R. 452
Bench Dipak Misra and Prafulla C. Pant JJ.
Decided 6 October 2015

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Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 - s.20(b)(ii)( ) and s.2 (viia) - Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (Amendment) Act, 2001 (Act No. 9 of 2001) - s.41(1) - Seized contraband article within definition of commercial quantity- Trial Court taking note of the fact that the first respondent and the second respondent were in possession of 6 kg. 200 gms and 4 kgs. of charas respectively and the prosecution had been able to establish the same, treated the contraband article as commercial quantity and accordingly convicted them u!s.20(b)(ii)( ) of the NDPS Act and sentenced

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