Supreme Court · 2023 INSC 237 · Decided 15 March 2023
S. Athilakshmi v. The State REP. BY the Drugs Inspector
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2023 INSC 237 · [2023] 2 S.C.R. 914
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 804/2023
- Decided
- 15 March 2023
- Bench
- KRISHNA MURARI, SUDHANSHU DHULIA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- CrPC Section 482
Headnote
Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940 - ss.18(c), 27(b)(ii) - Prosecution of appellant u/s.18(c) punishable u/s.27(b)(ii) - Held: Prohibition u/s.18(c) is on the manufacturing, distribution, stocking or exhibition of medicines for the purposes of sale - In against the appellant was unwarranted - Appellant is a registered medical practitioner along with the fact that the quantity of medicines seized was extremely small, a quantity which can be easily found in the house or a consultation room of a doctor - Considering the small
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