https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=280268 A conveyance seized for transporting narcotic drugs was held not fit for interim custody under the Code where the NDPS Act's confiscation scheme applied. The Court reasoned that the NDPS Act is a special enactment to curb drug trafficking, and its confiscation mechanism, including Section 63, would be undermined if general interim custody powers were used to return the vehicle. The owner's claim that the vehicle was used without her knowledge raised factual questions requiring inquiry and did not justify release at the interim stage. As the vehicle was already secured in a garage, apprehended deterioration did not support return. en-us Wed, 19 Jul 2000 00:00:00 +0530 Sat, 27 Apr 2019 12:03:10 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=280268 A conveyance seized for transporting narcotic drugs was held not fit for interim custody under the Code where the NDPS Act's confiscation scheme applied. The Court reasoned that the NDPS Act is a special enactment to curb drug trafficking, and its confiscation mechanism, including Section 63, would be undermined if general interim custody powers were used to return the vehicle. The owner's claim that the vehicle was used without her knowledge raised factual questions requiring inquiry and did not justify release at the interim stage. As the vehicle was already secured in a garage, apprehended deterioration did not support return. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 19 Jul 2000 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=280268