The Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985
Section 29. Punishment for abetment and criminal conspiracy.
The Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985
Bare Act
(1) Whoever abets, or is a party to a criminal conspiracy to commit, an offence punishable under this Chapter, shall, whether such offence be or be not committed in consequence of such abetment or in pursuance of such criminal conspiracy, and notwithstanding anything contained in section 116 of the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860), be punishable with the punishment provided for the offence.
(2) A person abets, or is a party to a criminal conspiracy to commit, an offence, within the meaning of this section, who, in India, abets or is a party to the criminal conspiracy to the commission of any act in a place without and beyond India which--
(a) would constitute an offence if committed within India; or
(b) under the laws of such place, is an offence relating to narcotic drugs or psychotropic substances having all the legal conditions required to constitute it such an offence the same as or analogous to the legal conditions required to constitute it an offence punishable under this Chapter, if committed within India.
Judgments on Section 29
- Union Of India vs Chidiebere Kingsley Nawchara — Supreme Court of India, 17 Aug 2026. The right to bail cannot be defeated by the non-existence of sureties; the Supreme Court may, under Article 142, institute a state-regulated regime of licensed professional bail bondspersons — with verification,…
- Directorate Of Revenue Intelligence vs Raj Kumar Arora — Supreme Court of India, 17 Apr 2025. Dealing in a psychotropic substance listed in the Schedule to the NDPS Act is punishable under Section 8 of the NDPS Act even if the substance is not enumerated in Schedule I of the NDPS Rules, and the interpretation in…