2013 (11) TMI 496

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.... were arrested on 15.10.2012 for the offence punishable under Secs.8(c), r/w 21, 23 and 28 of NDPS Act and u/s 135 of Customs Act of 1962 in R.R.Nos.25 and 26 of 2012 on the file of the respondent police, seek bail. 2. According to the prosecution, both the petitioners were intercepted by the Customs Authorities on 15.10.2012, when they were about to board Malaysian Airlines Flight bound for Ku....

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.... KETAMINE HYDRO CHLORIDE is not a scheduled drug and also not a commercial quantity and the value is only Rs.15,000/-. 5. Reiterating the said ground, the learned counsel for the petitioners submitted that while issuing the show cause notice, the authorities have initially stated that the contraband seized was white colour Granules of 975 grams, suspected to be MATHAQUALONE, valued at Rs.97,50,....

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....bmit that the contraband seized is KETAMINE HYDRO CHLORIDE, valued at Rs.9,75,000/- which is a scheduled drug and attracts Sec.37 of NDPS Act. The learned Special Public Prosecutor for NDPS Cases pointed out that Act has been amended to include KETAMINE HYDRO CHLORIDE as a schedule drug and only on that basis the earlier bail petitions were dismissed 9. Heard and perused the materials available....