Supreme Court of India
E. Micheal Raj v. Intelligence Officer, Narcotic Control Bureau
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4 Supreme Court benches have cited this judgment.
What the Court ordered
We are of the view that when any _...,, -1 narcotic drug or psychotropic substance is found mixed with c one or more neutral substance/s, for the purpose of imposition of punishment it is the content of the narcotic drug or psychotropic substance which shall be taken into consideration.
Judgment, page 17
From the headnote
Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances c (Amendment) Act, 2001 - Object of - Held: Is to rationalize the sentence structure so as to ensure that while drug traffickers who traffic in significant quantities of drugs are punished with deterrent sentence, the addicts and those who commit less serious offences are sentenced to less severe punishment - 0 Under the rationalised sentence structure, the punishment varies depending upon the quantity of offending material - Interpretation of statutes - Legislative intent - Sentence/ Sentencing - Rationalization of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic
Where later benches applied it
- 2022 State of Himachal Pradesh v. Nirmal Kaur @ Nimmo and Others
- 2011 Nikku Khan @ Mohammadeen v. State of Haryana
- 2015 State through Intelligence Officer Narcotics Control Bureau v. Mushtaq Ahmad Etc.
- 2011 Harjit Singh v. State of Punjab
Of those, 2 relied on · 1 distinguished · 1 referred to
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