Supreme Court · 2021 INSC 165 · Decided 8 March 2021
Union of India v. Prateek Shukla
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2021 INSC 165 · [2021] 2 S.C.R. 570
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 284/2021
- Decided
- 8 March 2021
- Bench
- D.Y. CHANDRACHUD, M.R. SHAH (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- NDPS Act Section 37, 67
Headnote
Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985: s. 37 - Complaint u/s.8,9A,25A,23 and 29 of the Act - Alleging that the respondent was part of an international drug syndicate involved in diversion of a controlled substance - Bail granted by High Court - Appeal to Held: The bail was granted without applying legal norms provided u/s. 37 - The reasons for granting bail do not reflect application of mind to the seriousness of the offence involved - Bail liable to be cancelled. Allowing the appeal, the Court HELD: 1. Ex facie, there has been no
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