NDPS: Mere Production Of A Laboratory Report That The Sample Tested Was Narcotics Cannot Be Conclusive Proof: SC [Read Judgment]

The Supreme Court has held that mere production of a laboratory report that the sample tested was narcotics cannot be conclusive proof in a case under Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985.The contention advanced by the accused in Vijay Pandey vs. State of UP, was that there is noncompliance with Section 50 of the NDPS Act in as much as the prosecution failed to prove that...