Supreme Court · 2017 INSC 583 · Decided 22 April 2020
Hira Singh and Another v. Union of India and Another
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2017 INSC 583 · [2020] 4 S.C.R. 1130
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 722/2017
- Decided
- 22 April 2020
- Bench
- ARUN MISHRA, INDIRA BANERJEE, M.R. SHAH (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Reference answered
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- NDPS Act Section 21, 2
Headnote
Narcotic Drugs or Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 - s.21 - In case of seizure of mixture of Narcotic Drugs or Psychotropic Substances with one or more neutral substance(s), the quantity of neutral substance(s) is not to be excluded and has to be actual content by weight of the offending drug, while determining the "small or commercial quantity" of the Narcotic Drugs or Psychotropic Substances - The decision in the case of E. Micheal Raj taking the contrary view is not a good law - s.21 of the NDPS Act is not
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