Bombay High Court Quashes Committal Order in Drugs Case for Lack of Jurisdiction — Magistrate Exceeded Powers by Committing Case Triable by Magistrate to Sessions Court Without Sanction Under Section 32 of Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940. The court held that the offence under Section 27(d) of the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940 is triable by a Magistrate and cannot be committed to Sessions Court under Section 209 CrPC, and the prosecution was invalid without prior sanction under Section 32 of the Act.
19 Dec 2025The petitioners, Mukut Bihari Goyal, Manohar Lal Sharma, and M/s Smilax Pharmaceuticals, challenged an order dated 16.10.2019 passed by the Judicial M...
