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Charges dropped on 'druggie'

Court acquits Jaiswal Gopal Gupta, accused of carrying 160 mg of diacetylmorphine, due to police oversight

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After 22 years, the Bombay High Court set aside the conviction of Jaiswal Gopal Gupta for illegal possession of a small quantity of morphine. The court had to acquit Gupta because the police failed to search him in the presence of a gazetted officer or magistrate and store the confiscated drugs correctly.

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