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Directorate of Revenue Intelligence v. Raj Kumar Arora & Ors.

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Reported as [2025] 4 S.C.R. 835
Bench J.B. Pardiwala and Manoj Misra JJ.
Decided 17 April 2025

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We are of the opinion that the Tribunal was in error in applying this decision.

Judgment, page 90

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Issue for Consideration Issue arose whether an offence u/s.8(c) of the NDPS Act could be said to have been made out when an accused “deals with” psychotropic substances mentioned in the Schedule to the NDPS Act but not figuring in Schedule I of the Rules thereunder; whether the decision in Sanjeev V. Deshpande’s case must operate with prospective effect; and that once, charge has been framed by a competent court u/s.228 CrPC, can an accused thereafter seek for discharge/deletion of a particular offence from the charge u/s.216 CrPC. Headnotes† Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act,

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