Limited opium poppy cultivation does not attract stringent NDPS bail restrictions

The Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court held that stringent bail restrictions under the NDPS Act were not attracted in a case involving alleged cultivation of opium poppy, as no small or commercial quantity is prescribed for such cultivation. The conveys that if businesses are cultivating opium within the prescribed limits, they cannot be called up under the provision of NDPA Act.

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