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Supreme Court judgments on Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985

56 judgments, latest first, from 2018 to 2026. Listed when the Supreme Court Reports file the judgment's headnote under this Act, as printed at the start of the headnote. Judgments that only mention it in passing are not listed.

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Sanjeet Kumar Singh @ Munna Kumar Singh vs State of Chhattisgarh
SC · 30 August 2022
[2022] 11 S.C.R. 166 : 2022 INSC 883
Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 – ss.20(b)(ii)(C), 54 Presumption u/s.54 – Appellant concurrently convicted u/s.20(b)(ii)(C) and sentenced, relying on the testimony of PW-7-DSP (who acted both as the…
Narcotics Control Bureau vs Mohit Aggarwal
SC · 19 July 2022
[2022] 7 S.C.R. 600 : 2022 INSC 730
Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 – ss. 8, 22, 29, 37 and 67 – Post-arrest bail – Not granted – Respondent made statement u/s. 67 NDPS Act and disclosed that he was illegally selling and purchasing the…
State of West Bengal vs Rakesh Singh @ Rakesh Kumar Singh
SC · 11 July 2022
[2022] 14 S.C.R. 538 : 2022 INSC 691
Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 – ss.27A, 37, and 21(b)/29 – Rigours of provisions of s.37 relating to grant of bail – Inapplicability – Cocaine, a contraband drug, recovered from a motorcar with thr…
Dayalu Kashyap vs The State of Chhattisgarh
SC · 25 January 2022
[2022] 1 S.C.R. 1020 : 2022 INSC 95
Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act,1985 – s.50 – Effect of – Search conducted by Sub-Inspector and not by a Gazetted Officer or Magistrate, recovery of ganja from a polythene bag on a Kanwad carried by appel…
Bharat Chaudhary vs Union of India
SC · 13 December 2021
[2021] 9 S.C.R. 551 : 2021 INSC 877
Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985: ss. 8(c), 22(c), 25, 28, 29, 67 – Seizure of psychotropic substances – Prosecution case that large number of tablets seized by Directorate of Revenue Intelligence fro…
Union of India through Narcotics Control Bureau, Lucknow vs Md. Nawaz Khan
SC · 22 September 2021
[2021] 7 S.C.R. 819 : 2021 INSC 526
Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 – ss.8, 21, 27A and 29 – On receiving information, a vehicle was intercepted by the NCB officers in which respondent and other two accused persons were travelling – No…
Union of India vs Prateek Shukla
SC · 8 March 2021
[2021] 2 S.C.R. 570 : 2021 INSC 165
Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985: s. 37 – Complaint u/s.8,9A,25A,23 and 29 of the Act – Alleging that the respondent was part of an international drug syndicate involved in diversion of a controlled s…
Tofan Singh vs State of Tamil Nadu
SC · 29 October 2020
[2020] 12 S.C.R. 583 : 2020 INSC 620
Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985: ss. 42, 53 and 67 – Power under s. 67 – Extent, nature, purpose and scope of – Confession made under – Before the officers designated u/ss. 42 or 53 – Whether admissi…
Rajesh Dhiman vs State of Himachal Pradesh
SC · 26 October 2020
[2020] 8 S.C.R. 1057 : 2020 INSC 607
Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 – s.20 – Both the appellants were travelling on a motorcycle and one of them was with a backpack slung over his shoulders – A police team stopped and searched them – T…
Jeet Ram vs The Narcotics Control Bureau, Chandigarh
SC · 15 September 2020
[2020] 7 S.C.R. 558 : 2020 INSC 545
Narcotic Drugs & Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 – ss.20, 50 and 54 – Appellant was charged u/s.20 – Acquitted by trial court – Convicted by High Court – On appeal, held: Findings recorded by trial court are contrary t…
Rizwan Khan vs The State of Chhattisgarh
SC · 10 September 2020
[2020] 7 S.C.R. 546 : 2020 INSC 543
Narcotic Drugs & Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 – ss.20(b)(ii)(B), 20(b)(ii)(C), 42, 50, 55 – Appellant-accused along with others was found with contraband articles in the vehicle – Convicted u/s.20(b)(ii)(B) – Held:…
Mukesh Singh vs State (Narcotic Branch of Delhi)
SC · 31 August 2020
[2020] 9 S.C.R. 245 : 2020 INSC 524
Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 – Informant-police officer who is the complainant himself conducts investigation – Trial, if vitiated; and the accused if entitled to acquittal – Conflicting opinions…
Gangadhar alias Gangaram vs State of Madhya Pradesh
SC · 5 August 2020
[2020] 7 S.C.R. 173 : 2020 INSC 478
Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 – s.8C r/w. s. 20(b)(ii)(c) – Appellant was convicted u/s. 8C r/w. s. 20(b)(ii)(c) of the 1985 Act for the recovery of 48 Kgs 200 gms. cannabis (ganja) and sentenced…
Than Kunwar vs State of Haryana
SC · 2 March 2020
[2020] 3 S.C.R. 1090 : 2020 INSC 241
Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 – s.50 – Applicability of s.50 in a case where there is personal search also – In the instant case, appellant and another accused carrying a bag in their hands were in…
State of Kerala etc. vs Rajesh etc.
SC · 24 January 2020
[2020] 3 S.C.R. 348 : 2020 INSC 88
Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 – s.37 & ss.2(viia), (xxiiia), 20(b)(ii)(c), 29 – Scheme of s.37 – In Crime No.14/2018, accused persons (A1 to A3) were found in joint possession of 10.202 kgs of hash…
Surinder Kumar vs State of Punjab
SC · 6 January 2020
[2020] 1 S.C.R. 307 : 2020 INSC 1
Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985: s. 50 – Recovery of opium – Trial – Conviction – Confirmed in appeal by High Court – Appeal to Supreme Court – Held: No violation of s. 50 – Chain of evidence was com…
State of Rajasthan vs Sahi Ram
SC · 27 September 2019
[2019] 14 S.C.R. 1117 : 2019 INSC 1096
Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985: s.8 r/w s.15 – Conviction under – By Special Court – In appeal, High Court acquitted the accused holding that failure to exhibit the entire contraband material before…
Mohammed Fasrin vs State Rep. by the Intelligence Officer
SC · 4 September 2019
[2019] 12 S.C.R. 465 : 2019 INSC 999
Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 – s.8(c) r/w ss.29, 21, 23(c), 27(A) and s.67 – Intelligence Officer, Narcotic Department received information that at the instance of the appellant 7.4 kgs of heroin…
Varinder Kumar vs State of Himachal Pradesh
SC · 11 February 2019
[2019] 2 S.C.R. 707 : 2019 INSC 170
Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 – s.20(ii)(c) – Appellant was apprehended with two Gunny Bags on his scooter which contained varying quantities of ‘Charas’ – Trial Court acquitted the appellant on th…
S. K. Raju @ Abdul Haque @ Jagga vs State of West Bengal
SC · 5 September 2018
[2018] 10 S.C.R. 731 : 2018 INSC 780
Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 – s.20(b)(ii)(c) – Recovery of 1.5 kgs of Charas from accusedappellant – PW2, on receipt of information that a drug dealer would be in vicinity of a club, sought permi…
Mohinder Singh vs The State of Punjab
SC · 14 August 2018
[2018] 10 S.C.R. 910 : 2018 INSC 705
Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985: s.50 – Prosecution case was that the appellant was carrying contraband substance in a bag – On search of bag in presence of DSP, the substance in bag was found to be…
Surinder Kumar Khanna vs Intelligence Officer Directorate of Revenue Intelligence
SC · 31 July 2018
[2018] 9 S.C.R. 338 : 2018 INSC 658
Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 – s.21 r/w. s.29 – Conviction of appellant under, based on confessional statements of co-accused – Propriety of – Held: Confessional statement of co-accused cannot by…
Arif Khan @ Agha Khan vs State of Uttarakhand
SC · 27 April 2018
[2018] 6 S.C.R. 787 : 2018 INSC 426
Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 – ss.20 and 50 – Non-compliance of s.50 – Prosecution case that Police raided appellant-accused and on search found contraband article “Charas” weighing around 2.5 Kg…
The State of Himachal Pradesh vs Pardeep Kumar etc.
SC · 16 February 2018
[2018] 2 S.C.R. 656 : 2018 INSC 166
Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 – s.20 r/w. s.29 – Conviction under – Propriety of – On 27.01.2009 a police party on patroling duty on National Highway 21 on ManaliKullu road, signaled a car to stop…
Union of India vs Leen Martin & Anr.
SC · 1 February 2018
[2018] 1 S.C.R. 656 : 2018 INSC 82
Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 – ss.8(c), 23 – Contraband goods – Recovery of hashish weighing 12.03 kg from respondent no.1 – Conviction under ss.8(c), 23 – High Court acquitted respondent no.1 of…
Union of India vs Jarooparam
SC · 31 January 2018
[2018] 1 S.C.R. 618 : 2018 INSC 78
Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 – s.52A – Disposal of seized narcotic drugs – Allegation of recovery of 7.2 kg of contraband material (opium) from respondent-accused – Conviction under s.8/18 r/w s.2…

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