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NDPS Act | Individual Liability Cannot Be Inflated by Co-Accused Recovery for Commercial Quantity Threshold : Punjab & Haryana HC
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|Punjab and Haryana High Court

NDPS Act | Individual Liability Cannot Be Inflated by Co-Accused Recovery for Commercial Quantity Threshold : Punjab & Haryana HC

The Punjab & Haryana High Court ruled that the quantity of contraband recovered from co-accused cannot be clubbed with the petitioner's recovery to classify the offence as commercial quantity under the NDPS Act. Bail cannot be denied based on aggregate recovery unless conspiracy is proven, reinforcing individual culpability in drug offences.