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Supreme Court and High Courts judgments on NDPS Act

110 judgments, latest first, from 2018 to 2026. A judgment is listed here when its headnote names this subject: the Supreme Court Reports' own headnote (filed under the provisions below, or naming the subject), or an AI-written headnote that was reviewed and approved. A mention in the full text alone does not count.

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Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 56
Ebha Arjun Jadeja & Ors. vs The State of Gujarat
SC · 16 October 2019
[2019] 13 S.C.R. 741 : 2019 INSC 1148
Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Preventive) Act, 1987 – s. 20-A(1) – Compliance of – Three accused persons were stopped and personally searched by the police – Police recovered one foreign made pistol and 2 country…
State of Punjab vs Baljinder Singh & Anr.
SC · 15 October 2019
[2019] 13 S.C.R. 520 : 2019 INSC 1145
STATE OF PUNJAB v. BALJINDER SINGH & ANR. (Criminal Appeal Nos. 1565-66 of 2019) OCTOBER 15, 2019 [UDAY UMESH LALIT, INDU MALHOTRA AND KRISHNA MURARI, JJ.] Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 – ss.50, 15…
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…
Krishna Prasad Verma (D) Thr. Lrs. vs State of Bihar & Ors.
SC · 26 September 2019
[2019] 12 S.C.R. 861 : 2019 INSC 1089
Judiciary: Judicial service – Disciplinary proceedings – Against judicial officer – On two charges (i) granting bail without noticing order of superior court and (ii) closing evidence without ensuring production of witne…
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…
Vijay Pandey vs State of Uttar Pradesh
SC · 30 July 2019
[2019] 10 S.C.R. 774 : 2019 INSC 837
VIJAY PANDEY v. STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH (Criminal Appeal No. 1143 of 2019) JULY 30, 2019 [ASHOK BHUSHAN AND NAVIN SINHA, JJ.] Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 – ss. 8, 15 – Prosecution case that appell…
Rafiq Qureshi vs Narcotic Control Bureau Eastern Zonal Unit
SC · 7 May 2019
[2019] 7 S.C.R. 248 : 2019 INSC 639
RAFIQ QURESHI v. NARCOTIC CONTROL BUREAU EASTERN ZONAL UNIT (Criminal Appeal No. 567 of 2019) MAY 07, 2019 [ASHOK BHUSHAN AND K. M. JOSEPH, JJ.] Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 – ss.15(a), 16, 21(c),…
National Investigation Agency vs Zahoor Ahmad Shah Watali
SC · 2 April 2019
[2019] 5 S.C.R. 1060 : 2019 INSC 456
Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 – Chapters IV & VI – ss.13, 16, 17, 18, 20 and 38-40 – Respondent was named as Accused No.10 in the FIR registered for offences punishable u/ss.120B, 121 and 121A of IPC and ss.…
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…
State of Punjab vs Rakesh Kumar
SC · 3 December 2018
[2018] 14 S.C.R. 415 : 2018 INSC 1131
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973: s.389 – Suspension of sentence – In the instant case, the respondents were apprehended with “manufactured drugs” and convicted by trial court under ss.21 and 22 of the NDPS Act – High Co…
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…
Mohanlal vs The State of Punjab
SC · 16 August 2018
[2018] 9 S.C.R. 1006 : 2018 INSC 714
Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985: Fairness and impartiality in investigation – Informant and investigator, if same person – Sanctity of such investigation – Whether in a criminal prosecution, it will…
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…
Satpal Singh vs The State of Punjab
SC · 27 March 2018
[2018] 3 S.C.R. 739 : 2018 INSC 277
Bail: Application seeking anticipatory bail – By appellant-accused in FIR u/s. 22 and 29 of NDPS Act – On the ground of parity as the two co-accused were granted anticipatory bail by a co-ordinate Bench – High Court by a…
Dr. Subhash Kashinath Mahajan vs The State of Maharashtra and Anr.
SC · 20 March 2018
[2018] 4 S.C.R. 877 : 2018 INSC 248
The Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 – s.18 – Exclusion of anticipatory bail, in cases of false implications – Procedural safeguards – Respondent no.2-complainant, a govt. em…
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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