{"id":205052,"date":"2018-11-13T12:05:38","date_gmt":"2018-11-13T06:35:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?p=205052"},"modified":"2018-11-16T15:46:47","modified_gmt":"2018-11-16T10:16:47","slug":"no-re-test-under-ndps-act-when-the-earlier-test-clearly-defines-percentage-of-the-said-drug-kerala-hc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2018\/11\/13\/no-re-test-under-ndps-act-when-the-earlier-test-clearly-defines-percentage-of-the-said-drug-kerala-hc\/","title":{"rendered":"No re-test under NDPS Act when the earlier test clearly defines percentage of the said drug: Kerala HC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Kerala High Court:<\/strong> A Single Judge Bench comprising of P. Ubaid, J. declared that re-testing cannot be allowed if the first testing clearly defined as to the composition of the item.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The petitioner was detected of having the possession of opium after analyzing the packets he had in possession. Additionally, the sealed packets were again produced in Court for reanalyzing the percentage of &#8216;morphine&#8217; contained in the &#8216;opium&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The petitioner here cited a decision of the Supreme Court in <em>Thana Singh<\/em> <em>v.<\/em> <em>Central Bureau of Narcotics,\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/5NYVrMF9\">(2013) 2 SCC 603<\/a>, where the Supreme Court held that retesting in cases like this cannot be allowed. He also stated that a total of twelve samples were collected and produced in Court. Had the six of the samples been retained then the second analysis could have been justified. 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