Supreme Court · 2011 INSC 511 · Decided 21 July 2011
Nikku Khan @ Mohammadeen v. State of Haryana
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2011 INSC 511 · [2011] 9 S.C.R. 435
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 925/2007
- Decided
- 21 July 2011
- Bench
- V.S. SIRPURKAR, T.S. THAKUR (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Criminal
Headnote
Narcotic Drugs and Phychotropic Substance Act, 1985: :A B c ss. 2(b) and (c) - Notification specifying commercial quantity of heroin as 250 gm - Heroin recovered from accused being 125 gm with concentration of 16. 93% - Conviction and sentence of 12 years and fine of Rs. 1 lac imposed by trial by High Court - HELD: 0 Accused is liable to be convicted u!s 21(b) and not uls 21(c) of the Act as, on the relevant date, he was found in possession of 125 gm of heroin which is less than the commercial quantity as prescribed under the Act - The maximum punishment prescribed for the offence u/s
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