Act
Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985
Also known as NDPS Act.
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Sections
Section 15
(24)
Section 18
(39)
Section 20
(69)
Section 21
(44)
Section 22
(23)
Section 23
(23)
Section 25
(24)
Section 27A
(12)
Section 29
(76)
Section 35
(14)
Section 37
(59)
Section 41
(12)
Section 42
(46)
Section 43
(15)
Section 50
(71)
Section 51
(7)
Section 52
(8)
Section 52A
(30)
Section 53
(16)
Section 53A
(3)
Section 54
(14)
Section 55
(5)
Section 57
(13)
Section 60
(5)
Section 61
(3)
Section 62
(3)
Section 63
(5)
Section 67
(25)
Section 8
(103)
Key Judgments
Supreme Court of India
In this 1990 ruling the Supreme Court held that officers of the Department of Revenue Intelligence invested with police-station powers under Section 53 of the NDPS Act are not "police officers" under Section 25 of the Evidence Act, so confessions made to them are not barred (paras 1, 21-22). The decisive test was the power to file a police report under Section 173 of the Code (para 21). The ruling was later overruled by a majority of the Supreme Court in Tofan Singh v. State of Tamil Nadu (2020).