Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 · Chapter IV: Offences and Penalties
Section 28: Punishment for attempts to commit offences
Whoever attempts to commit any offence punishable under this Chapter or to cause such offence to be committed and in such attempt does any act towards the commission of the offence shall be punishable with the punishment provided for the offence.
Source: India Code (indiacode.gov.in), the consolidated text published by the Legislative Department, Government of India. Text as updated on India Code on 14 October 2026. Words in square brackets [ ] were inserted or substituted by later amending Acts, and *** marks words omitted by an amendment. The amendment footnotes are not reproduced here. Official text on India Code.
Supreme Court judgments citing the section 28
- Ramjhan Gani Palani v. National Investigating Agency and Anr
- State by (Ncb) Bengaluru v. Pallulabid Ahmad Arimutta & Anr.
- Bharat Chaudhary v. Union of India
- Venkatesan Balasubramaniyan v. The Intelligence Officer, D.R.I. Bangalore
- Surinder Kumar Khanna v. Intelligence Officer Directorate of Revenue Intelligence
- State of Haryana v. Asha Devi and Anr.
- State of Rajasthan v. Parmanand & Anr.
- Tofan Singh v. State of Tamil Nadu
- Shahejadkhan Mahebubkhan Pathan v. State of Gujarat
- Saikou Jabbi v. State of Maharashtra
- Kalem Tumba v. State of Maharashtra and Anr.