law: Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985
  40. Power of court to publish names,
  
  place of business, etc., of certain offenders.
  (1) Where any person is convicted of any of the offences
  
  punishable under section 15 to section 25 (both inclusive), section 28, section
  
  29 or section 30, it shall be competent for the court convicting the person to
  
  cause the name and place of business or residence of such person, nature of the
  
  contravention, the fact that the person has been so convicted and such other
  
  particulars as the court may consider to be appropriate in the circumstances of
  
  the case, to be published at the expense of such person in such newspapers or
  
  in such manner as the court may direct.
  (2) No publication under sub-section (1) shall be made until the
  
  period for preferring an appeal against the orders of the court has expired
  
  without any appeal having been preferred, or such appeal, having been
  
  preferred, has been disposed of.
  (3) The expenses of any publication under sub-section (1) shall
  
  be recoverable from the convicted person as if it were a fine imposed by the
  
  court.