Supreme Court · 2022 INSC 1121 · Decided 20 October 2022
State of Himachal Pradesh v. Nirmal Kaur @ Nimmo and Others
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2022 INSC 1121 · [2022] 11 S.C.R. 369
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 956/2012
- Decided
- 20 October 2022
- Bench
- BHUSHAN RAMKRISHNA GAVAI, C.T. RAVIKUMAR (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- NDPS Act Section 2(xvii)(a)
Headnote
Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 - s.2(xvii)(a) and (b) and s.15 - Conviction in relation to 'poppy straw' - 'Poppy straw' defined to mean all parts of 'opium poppy' except the seeds - 'Opium poppy' defined As per sub-clause (a) of Clause (xvii) of s.2 of the 1985 Act, 'opium poppy' means the plant of the species 'papaver somniferum L' - As per sub-clause (b) thereof, 'opium poppy' would also mean the plant of any other species of 'papaver'
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