However, the NDPS act has not been removed. Only one charge, under section 8/20, has now been amended to 8/22 of the NDPS act because section 8/20 deals with punishment for contravention in relation to 'cannabis plant and cannabis only'.

Elvish Yadav's case is associated with 'Snake Venom' which is also part of the NDPS act, but in Section 8/22, which deals with punishment for contravention in relation to 'Psychotropic Substances'. This section is also non-bailable like sec 8/20. 

The section 8/22 of NDPS act says, "Whoever, in contravention of any provision of this Act or any rule or order made or condition of licence granted thereunder, manufactures, possesses, sells, purchases, transports, imports inter-State, exports inter-State or uses any psychotropic substance shall be punishable,