Supreme Court · 2007 INSC 1049 · Decided 12 October 2007
State of Delhi v. Jitti
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2007 INSC 1049 · [2007] 11 S.C.R. 133
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1244/2003
- Decided
- 12 October 2007
- Bench
- C.K. THAKKER, ALTAMAS KABIR (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- NDPS Act Section 18
Headnote
Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985: A B ss.18 & 41(As amended in 2001)-Accusedfoundinpossession C of 45 kgs of poppy straw powder-Conviction by Trial Court with purported minimum punishment of RI for 10 years-Accused filed appeal-Meanwhile s.41 amended-Relying on amended s. in respect of recovery of 'commercial quantity' but quantity recovered from accused being D less than 50 Kgs was not 'commercial quantity'-High Court ordered release of accused by restricting his sentence to the period already undergone-Supreme Court granted interim stay of operation of the
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