Madras High Court Orders ₹10 Lakh Compensation for False NDPS Implication

The Madras High Court, through Justice K.K. Ramakrishnan, held that a man had been falsely implicated under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act and subjected to fabricated proceedings by police officers.

The Court observed that the officers had grossly violated due process and abused their authority by fabricating a charge of ganja possession to falsely incriminate the accused falsely.

Finding the prosecution to be malicious and unsupported by evidence, the Bench directed the Tamil Nadu Director General of Police to initiate a departmental inquiry against the erring officers. 

The Court further ordered the State to pay ₹10 lakh as compensation to the victim for wrongful prosecution and harassment.