Supreme Court · 1999 INSC 497 · Decided 27 October 1999
Hussain v. State of Kerala
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1999 INSC 497 · [1999] SUPP. 4 S.C.R. 189
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 780/1998
- Decided
- 27 October 1999
- Bench
- K.T. THOMAS, D.P. MOHAPATRA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 21, 22; NDPS Act Section 2(xi), 8, 9, 20(b)(i), 21, 27
Headnote
B Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985: Sections 2(xi), 8,9, 20(b)(i), 21 and 27-Appellant found in possession of 6 ampoules of "Buprenorphine tidigesic"a psychotropic substance-Trial C court convicted him for an offence under Section 20(b)(i) of the Act­ However, the in his possession for his personal medical use the psychotropic substance upto one hundred dosage at a time-This point was not put forward before the trial D court-Held, conviction and sentence imposed on appellant were without the sanction of law-Appellant was unlawfally deprived of his personal
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