Opium Act, 1857

The State of Punjab convicted Naib Din under Section 9 of the Opium Act for possession of opium, relying in part on affidavits of two police officers who had handled the seized sample. The High Court, on revision, quashed the conviction because the affidavits were not cross‑examined and their contents were not put to t…

The police seized about 20 kg of poppy husk from the accused Nirmal Kaur and others, and chemical analysis showed the presence of morphine and meconic acid. The trial court convicted them under Section 15 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 for possessing commercial quantity of poppy straw, but …

The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) seized large quantities of Tramadol and Zolpidem tablets in multiple operations and arrested Kashif and co‑accused. Kashif applied for bail, which the Delhi High Court granted solely on the ground that the NCB had not complied with Section 52A of the NDPS Act within a reasonable time,…