law: Drugs (Control) Act, 1950 
  13. Penalties. — 
  (1) Whoever contravenes any of the provisions
  
  of this Act or fails to comply with any direction made under authority
  
  conferred by this Act shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which
  
  may extend to three years, or with fine, or with both.
  (2) A Court convicting any person of an
  
  offence punishable under this Act may order that the whole or any part of the
  
  stock of drugs in respect of which the offence was committed shall be forfeited
  
  to the Government.
  (3) It shall be defense for a person charged
  
  with a contravention of any of the provisions of this section to prove that, in
  
  relation to the matter in respect of which he is charged, he acted in the
  
  course of his employment as servant or agent of another person on the
  
  instructions of his employer or of some other specified person.