Supreme Court · 2019 INSC 639 · Decided 7 May 2019
Rafiq Qureshi v. Narcotic Control Bureau Eastern Zonal Unit
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2019 INSC 639 · [2019] 7 S.C.R. 248
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 567/2019
- Decided
- 7 May 2019
- Bench
- ASHOK BHUSHAN, K.M. JOSEPH (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Partly allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- NDPS Act Section 15(a), 16, 21(c), 31, 32B
Headnote
Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 - ss.15(a), 16, 21(c), 31, 32B - Interpretation of s.32B - Appellant convicted and sentenced u/s.21(c) to suffer rigorous imprisonment for a term of 18 years - High Court while maintaining the conviction, to 16 years rigorous imprisonment - In appeal by the appellant, Supreme Court issued notice limited to the quantum of the sentence - Held: 1985 Act enumerates different offences and provides for punishment - Various sections provide for different punishments - There are
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