Supreme Court of India

State Rep. by the Drugs Inspector v. Manimaran

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Reported as [2018] 14 S.C.R. 395
Bench R. Banumathi and Indira Banerjee JJ.
Decided 30 November 2018

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What the Court ordered

In the result, this appeal is allowed and the impugned judgment dated 12.09.2014 in Criminal R.C.No.1493 of 2013 passed by the High Court of Madras is set aside.

Judgment, page 8

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Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940 – ss. 18(c), 27(b)(ii), 28 and proviso to 27(b)(ii) – Prosecution case was that wh en drugs inspectors had inspected the respondent’s medical sh op, they had found certain drugs stored without a valid licence – Memo was issued to the respondent u/s.18(c) and afterwards charg esheet was filed u/ss. 27(b)(ii) and 28 – Trial Court convicted the respondent and sentenced him to undergo rigorous imprisonment for one y ear and imposed fine of Rs.5000/- u/s.27(b)(ii) of the Ac t and fine of Rs.500/- u/s.28 of the Act – Appeal was dismissed b y the first appellate Court –

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