https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=291410 For offences under Chapter IV of the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, the special prosecution scheme excludes the ordinary police FIR-and-investigation route: prosecution may be instituted only by the specified statutory authorities, and a police report under the Code is incompatible with that scheme. By contrast, the Drugs Inspector may exercise arrest power as an incidental enforcement measure for cognizable Chapter IV offences, subject to the Code of Criminal Procedure and constitutional safeguards under Article 22. FIRs already registered were directed to be handed over to the Drugs Inspector for action in accordance with law. en-us Fri, 28 Aug 2020 00:00:00 +0530 Sat, 30 Nov 2024 13:32:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=291410 For offences under Chapter IV of the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, the special prosecution scheme excludes the ordinary police FIR-and-investigation route: prosecution may be instituted only by the specified statutory authorities, and a police report under the Code is incompatible with that scheme. By contrast, the Drugs Inspector may exercise arrest power as an incidental enforcement measure for cognizable Chapter IV offences, subject to the Code of Criminal Procedure and constitutional safeguards under Article 22. FIRs already registered were directed to be handed over to the Drugs Inspector for action in accordance with law. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 28 Aug 2020 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=291410