SC declares phensedyl a drug

The Supreme Court on Tuesday imposed a ban on transporting Phensedyl declaring it as a drug, reports UNB.

A virtual bench of the Appellate Division headed by chief justice Hasan Foez Siddique declared this while delivering the verdict in a narcotics case in the morning.

In this regard, deputy attorney general Biswajit Debnath said codeine, one of the components of phensedyl, is recognised as a drug.

Earlier in the day, the Appellate Division upheld the life sentence of Badal Kumar Pal in a case over the seizure of 250 bottles of phensedyl from his possession in 1997.

Badal Pal of Jhenaidah Sadar Upazila was sentenced to life in prison in 2000.

On appeal against the verdict, the High Court acquitted Badal in the cases. Later, the state went to the appellate division against the HC order.

The verdict in this case is expected to determine proper disposal of many cases related to phensedyl.