Can a person be convicted U/S 27 of the Drugs and Cosmetics Act if the prosecution fails to prove that the medicine in their possession was for sale?

[Educator]

The possession of the drugs is not disputed in this case by either side. However, this Court in the case of Mohd. Shabir v. State of Maharashtra MANU/SC/0182/1979 : (1979) 1 SCC 568 while allowing an appeal in part and directing the release of an Appellant who had been prosecuted under the provision 18(c) of the 1940 Act, this Court observed that possession simpliciter would not itself be an