Prevention of Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1988

The appellant, Sushanta Kumar Banik, was detained under Section 3(1) of the Prevention of Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1988 on the basis of two FIRs for alleged drug trafficking. The State of Tripura sought preventive detention, arguing that he was a habitual offender, while the ap…

The case concerned the detention of Abdu Rahiman under the Conservation of Foreign Exchange and Prevention of Smuggling Activities Act, 1974 (COFEPOSA). The detenu filed a representation against his detention, which was rejected by the competent authority; the rejection was communicated to him by an under‑secretary rat…

The appellant, Sayed Abul Ala, was arrested for possession of large quantities of heroin and other narcotics and was remanded to judicial custody. While still in custody, he was detained under the Prevention of Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1988 on the ground that he was likely to b…

The wife of a man detained under the Prevention of Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act was served a show‑cause notice under Chapter V‑A of the NDPS Act for alleged illegal acquisition of properties. The Appellate Tribunal ordered confiscation of the flats; the Bombay High Court dismissed t…

The State of Manipur detained Buyamayum Abdul Hanan under the Prevention of Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1988. The detainee alleged that the detaining authority supplied only illegible or blurred copies of the documents on which the detention order was based, thereby denying him an…

The mother of Noor alias Babu filed a writ petition under Article 32 seeking to quash his preventive detention order issued under the Prevention of Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1988. The detenu had made a representation against his detention, but it was addressed only to the Centra…

P. Paulsamy was detained under Section 3(1) of the Prevention of Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1988 to prevent alleged drug trafficking. He filed a representation against his detention on 26‑10‑1998, but the Government considered it only after a delay, finally rejecting it on 12‑11‑…

Syed Farooq Mohammad was detained under Section 3(1) of the Prevention of Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1988 after narcotics were seized from two cars on 19 July 1989. He challenged the detention on grounds of a five‑month delay in issuing the order, a further delay in arrest, non‑s…

The wife of Syed Ali Raza Shafiq Mohammed filed a writ petition challenging his preventive detention under Section 3(1) of the Prevention of Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1988. The detenu was already in judicial custody with his bail application rejected, and the State sought to det…

Dharmendra and Suganchand Chelawat were arrested for offences under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act and were remanded to judicial custody until 13 October 1988. While they were still in custody, a preventive detention order under Section 3(1) of the Prevention of Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and…

The appellants were arrested after a Central Bureau of Narcotics raid seized 132 kg of opium and they were charged under sections 8 and 18 of the NDPS Act, 1985. Their bail applications were rejected and they were subsequently detained under section 3(1) of the Prevention of Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psycho…

Birendra Kumar Rai was arrested under the Arms Act and Motor Vehicles Act and was in jail when a complaint under the NDPS Act was filed. While he remained in custody, a detention order under Section 3(1) of the Prevention of Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1988 (PITNDPS) was issued, c…