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A Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court held today that a person accused for an offence under the Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act (NDPS Act) is not entitled to acquittal on the ground that the informant and the investigating officer are the same [Mukesh Singh v. State (Narcotic Branch of Delhi)].