Supreme Court · 2000 INSC 209 · Decided 11 April 2000
Ajaib Singh v. State of Punjab
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2000 INSC 209 · [2000] 2 S.C.R. 1264
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 361/2000
- Decided
- 11 April 2000
- Bench
- K.T. THOMAS, DORAISWAMY RAJU, S.N. VARIAVA (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- NDPS Act Section 15
Headnote
,. Criminal Uiw : Narcotics Drugs an Psyclwtropic Substances Act, 1985 : Sections 2( xv), D (xvii) & (xviii) and 15. "Poppy husk"-Production, possession and transportation of-Held: "Poppy husk" falls within the tenn "poppy straw" under S.2(xviii)-Hence, of the Act is an offence under S.15-Whether it contains more than E 0.2 per cent of morphine or whether any juice has been extracted are not relevant. Worru- and Phrases: '..... "Poppy straw"-Meaning of-In the context of S.2(xviii) of the Narcot- F ics Drugs and Psychotropic
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