Narcotic Drugs & Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985–Secs. 8/18 & 8/20–Conviction–Recovery of charas, ganja & opium from the house–Plea of the appellant that morphine content in the packet E-1 was found only 9.03% hence he was to be convicted for having small quantity of opium–Whether acceptable ?–Held, no–The seized substance has been identified as opium, the percentage content of morphine has no further relevance in determining the quantity of opium for the purpose of classifying the same as small or commercial quantity.
