The Supreme Court has upheld the conviction and ten-year sentence of an accused under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (NDPS Act), ruling that humanitarian considerations cannot override the statutory minimum punishment mandated by the legislature for offenses involving commercial quantities. The Court further clarified that mere procedural irregularities in sampling, absent evidence
Minor Procedural Lapses or Sample-Weight Variations Not Enough to Defeat NDPS Cases: Supreme Court
