Jharkhand HC overturns ganja conviction, rules seized substance was legal bhang
A Jharkhand man serving a seven-year sentence for possessing 11 kg of suspected ganja has had his conviction overturned by the High Court. The court determined that the seized substance was bhang, not ganja. Unlike ganja and charas, bhang is explicitly excluded from the definition of cannabis under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act. Since bhang's possession does not constitute an offense under the Act, the court declared the original conviction illegal.
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