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CASE NO.:

Appeal (crl.) 838-841 of 1999

PETITIONER:

AMRITLAL AND ORS.

RESPONDENT:

UNION GOVERNMENT THROUGH SECRETARY, MINISTRY OF FINANCE AND ORS.

DATE OF JUDGMENT: 07/11/2000

BENCH:

UMESH C. BANERJEE & K.G. BALAKRISHNAN

JUDGMENT:

JUDGMENT

2000 Supp(4) SCR 450

The following Order of the Court was delivered :

In these appeals the validity of the order of detention passed by the Joint

Secretary to the Government of India stands challenged.

The contextual facts depict that the appellants were arrested pursuant to

the raid conducted by the officers of the Central Bureau of Narcotics

leading to the seizure of 132 Kgs. of opium and crime No. 22/96 was

registered against them under sections 8/18 of the Narcotics Drugs and

Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (for short ’the Act’). The appellants

prayed for being released on bail, but the Addl. District Judge, Neemuch,

rejected the application. Subsequently however they were detained under

section 3(1) of the Prevention of Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and

Psychotropic Substances Act, 1988 (for short ’the PITNDPS Act’) by order

dated 5.6.1997. The record depicts that the ground