Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (Amendment) Act,
2001 (Act 9 of 2001) (w.e.f 2.10.2001), which rationalized the
punishment structure under the NDPS ... content of the narcotic drug or
psychotropic substance which shall be taken into consideration.
17. In the present case, the narcotic drug which was found
convicting the appellant under
Section 18 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act 1985 (for
short, 'the NDPS ... drugs shown in Column 2 shall apply to the entire mixture or
any solution or any one or more narcotic drugs or psychotropic substances
conviction of the appellant under the provisions of the Narcotic Drugs and
Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (hereinafter referred to as ``the NDPS ... liquid substance. The black coloured liquid substance was
prima facie found to have the smell of opium. The Police Officer weighed
the said substance recovered
narcotic drugs or psychotropic substances in
columns 5 & 6 of the table, in relation to the narcotic drugs or psychotropic
substances mentioned ... narcotic
drug, psychotropic substance or any preparation of such drug
or such substance, means any quantity of such drug, substance
or preparation of such drug
seized narcotic drugs and
psychotropic substances.
(1) The Central Government may, having regard to the
hazardous nature of any narcotic drugs or psychotropic
substance, their ... Official,
Gazette, specify such narcotic drugs or psychotropic
substance or class of narcotic drugs or class of
psychotropic substances which shall, as soon
narcotic drug,
psychotropic substance or any preparation of such drug or
such substance, means any quantity of such drug,
substance or preparation of such drug ... narcotic drug,
psychotropic substance or any preparation of such drug or
such substance, means any quantity of such drug,
substance or preparation of such drug
narcotic drug or a psychotropic substance with one or more neutral substances, the quantity of the neutral substance or substances is not to be taken ... narcotic drug or psychotropic substance is recovered. Only the actual content by weight of the narcotic drug or the psychotropic substance (as the case
more such
narcotic drug or psychotropic substance. It is obvious that
if there is only one narcotic drug and we are referring to a
mixture ... narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances with or
without neutral material. It had not dealt with a situation
which involved one narcotic drug or one psychotropic
offence punishable under Section 18 of the Narcotic
Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (hereinafter called as
NDPS Act ... does not relate to a mixture of
narcotic drugs or psychotropic substances with one or more
substances. The material so recovered from the appellant
miniscule percentage of narcotic substance and
other mixture of narcotic drugs or psychotropic substance out of
a neutral substance. The judgment of Iqbal Singh (supra ... kinds of offending substances viz; "Manufactured
Drug", "Narcotic Drug" and "Psychotropic Substance".
13. "Manufactured Drug" is defined
