https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=255830 Prolonged pre-trial custody in an NDPS matter was treated as violating the constitutional right to speedy trial under Article 21, with continued incarceration held oppressive where trial was unlikely to conclude soon, and bail granted on that basis. The document also explains that, in complaint-based or offence-report NDPS prosecutions otherwise than on police reports, the special scheme of the NDPS Act operates with the Code of Criminal Procedure only to the extent it is not inconsistent, so trials before Sessions Courts or Special Courts follow Chapter XVIII procedure, with the necessary preliminary steps for direct complaints. en-us Tue, 27 May 2014 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 23 Jan 2015 12:16:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=255830 Prolonged pre-trial custody in an NDPS matter was treated as violating the constitutional right to speedy trial under Article 21, with continued incarceration held oppressive where trial was unlikely to conclude soon, and bail granted on that basis. The document also explains that, in complaint-based or offence-report NDPS prosecutions otherwise than on police reports, the special scheme of the NDPS Act operates with the Code of Criminal Procedure only to the extent it is not inconsistent, so trials before Sessions Courts or Special Courts follow Chapter XVIII procedure, with the necessary preliminary steps for direct complaints. Case-Laws Customs Tue, 27 May 2014 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=255830