Supreme Court · 2003 INSC 696 · Decided 8 December 2003
Union of India v. Kuldeep Singh
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2003 INSC 696 · [2003] SUPP. 6 S.C.R. 526
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1468/2003
- Decided
- 8 December 2003
- Bench
- DORAISWAMY RAJU, ARIJIT PASAYAT (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
Headnote
Narcotic Drugs & Psychotropic Substances Act, l 985~Sections 9-A, 25-A and 29-Sentence-Reduction in-Propriety of-880 litres of a controlled substance used in manufacture of heroine recovered from C accused-Sentence reduced by the High Court taking into account age of father of accused and Criminal Law--Sentence:........Reduction of-Discretion with the appel­ D late court-Exercise of-High Court reducing sentence in case of a person in possession of large amount of material used for manufacture of narcotic drugs-Held, discretion not properly exercised. Words & Phrases:
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