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Supreme Court judgments on Section 37, Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985

8 judgments, latest first, from 2020 to 2026. Listed when the Supreme Court Reports file the judgment's headnote under Section 37 of this Act, as printed at the start of the headnote. Judgments that only mention it in passing are not listed.

State of Punjab vs Balraj Singh @ Billa
SC · 2 June 2026
[2026] 7 S.C.R. 39 : 2026 INSC 618
Issue arose whether the order granting bail of the High Court is in consonance with the settled principles of law concerning s.37 of the NDPS Act.
Narcotic Control Bureau vs Lakhwinder Singh
SC · 29 January 2025
[2025] 1 S.C.R. 1581 : 2025 INSC 190
Matter pertains to the correctness of the order passed by the High Court granting relief of suspension of sentence and bail to the respondent/accused pending an appeal against his conviction, under the 1985 Act.
The State of Meghalaya vs Lalrintluanga Sailo & Anr.
SC · 16 July 2024
[2024] 7 S.C.R. 1314 : 2024 INSC 537
Whether the High Court erred in granting bail to the accused solely on the ground that she was suffering from HIV, without adverting to the mandate under Section 37(1)(b)(ii), NDPS Act, and without taking in view the qua…
State by the Inspector of Police vs B. Ramu
SC · 12 February 2024
[2024] 2 S.C.R. 357 : 2024 INSC 114
In a case involving recovery of huge quantity of narcotic substance (232.5 kg of ganja), wherein the Respondent-accused was indicted as being the conspirator for procurement/supply of the ganja so recovered, High Court w…
Mohd Muslim @ Hussain vs State (NCT of Delhi)
SC · 28 March 2023
[2023] 3 S.C.R. 697 : 2023 INSC 311
Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 – s.37 – Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 – s.436A – Appellant accused of committing offences punishable under NDPS Act has been in custody since 2015, if entitled to…
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…
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…

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