Last updated: 1 June 2025

Rehabilitation over Criminal prosecution to bring small time criminals or drugs consumers into main stream again

1 March - 31 May 2025^[1]: 1121 persons caught with small quantity of drugs have been sent to de-addiction centres for treatment instead of jail

1 Jan - 20 Jan 2025: 295 drug consumers in 245 cases pledged to undergo the rehabilitation treatment in Courts^[2]

¶ Section 64A of the NDPS^[3]

Promoting Section 64A of the NDPS act
-- Provides opportunity to a drug consumer for rehabilitation
-- Those caught with little quantity of drugs for self consumption

For the First time, drug consumers caught with little quantity of drugs, are availing section 64-A of the NDPS by pledging to undergo the rehabilitation treatment^[4]

References:

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1. https://yespunjab.com/yudh-nashe-virudh-delivers-major-blow-to-drug-mafia-14734-arrested-rs-74-cr-assets-frozen-dgp-gaurav-yadav/ ↩︎

2. https://www.babushahi.com/full-news.php?id=177929 ↩︎

3. https://www.babushahi.com/full-news.php?id=175821 ↩︎

4. https://www.babushahi.com/full-news.php?id=176620 ↩︎

5. https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/chandigarh/punjab-police-high-profile-crimes-solved-terrorists-arrested-2024-9754223/ ↩︎

6. https://www.babushahi.com/full-news.php?id=176620 ↩︎