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1999 (8) TMI 950 - SUPREME COURTWhether the order passed by the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench, granting bail to respondent No. 1 Ram Samujh Yadav requires to be set aside on the ground that the High Court ignored the provisions of Section 37 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985? Held that:- The organised activities of the underworld and the clandestine smuggling of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances into this country and illegal trafficking in such drugs and substances have led to drug addiction among a sizeable section of the public, particularly the adolescents and students of both sexes and the menace has assumed serious and alarming proportion in the recent years. Therefore, in order to effectively control and eradicate this proliferating and booming devastating menace, causing deleterious effects and deadly impact on the society as a whole, the Parliament in the wisdom has made effective provisions by introducing this Act 81 of 1985 specifying mandatory minimum imprisonment and fine. In the result, appeal is allowed. The impugned Order dated 20 August, 1998 passed by the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench, releasing respondent No. 1, Ram Samujh is quashed and set aside. Respondent No. 1 is directed to surrender.
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