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Supreme Court judgments on Section 29, Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985

12 judgments, latest first, from 2018 to 2026. Listed when the Supreme Court Reports file the judgment's headnote under Section 29 of this Act, as printed at the start of the headnote. Judgments that only mention it in passing are not listed.

Hem Raj vs The State of Himachal Pradesh
SC · 8 April 2026
[2026] 5 S.C.R. 67 : 2026 INSC 332
(i) What is contended by the appellant is that punishment imposed u/s.20 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 on the appellant would take care of the punishment for the conviction u/s.25 and s.29 o…
Reginamary Chellamani vs State Rep by Superintendent of Customs
SC · 5 February 2026
[2026] 2 S.C.R. 398 : 2026 INSC 127
Issue pertains to grant of bail to the appellant for commission of offence punishable u/s.8(c) r/w ss.20(b)(ii)(C), 22(c), 23, 28 and 29 of the NDPS Act r/w s.135 of the Customs Act; and the right of the accused to free…
Jothi @ Nagajothi vs The State, Rep. by the Inspector of Police
SC · 11 December 2025
[2025] 12 S.C.R. 488 : 2025 INSC 1417
This is an appeal challenging the judgment dated 27.06.2024 passed by the High Court, whereby the conviction and sentence imposed upon the appellant u/ss.8(c) r/w 20(b)(ii)(C) and 8(c) r/w 29(1) of the Narcotic Drugs and…
Manoj Tejraj Jain vs State of Gujarat
SC · 28 August 2025
[2025] 8 S.C.R. 2437 : 2025 INSC 1090
Challenge to the judgment of the High Court whereby the appeals filed by the appellants herein were dismissed against the judgment of the trial court convicting them for offences u/ss.25A and 29, Narcotic Drugs and Psych…
Harpreet Singh Talwar @ Kabir Talwar vs The State of Gujarat th. National Investigating Agency
SC · 13 May 2025
[2025] 6 S.C.R. 291 : 2025 INSC 662
Whether in the facts and circumstances of the case, the Appellant is entitled for regular bail.
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…

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