Supreme Court of India

Mohd Zahid v. State through Ncb

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Reported as [2021] 9 S.C.R. 372
Bench M. R. Shah and B. V. Nagarathna JJ.
Decided 7 December 2021

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Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 – s.427 – Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 – ss. 23, 29 and s.21 – Appellant-accused was held guilty by the PS Customs , Amritsar u/s.23 and s.21 of the NDPS Act for recovery of 4 kg of heroi n and sentenced to undergo 12 years rigorous imprisonment (RI) – Thereafter, he was again held guilty for the offence u/s.29 r/w. s.21(c) of the NDPS Act after recovery of 750 grams of heroin f rom Delhi and was sentenced for 10 years RI by the Trial Cour t at Delhi, however, in view of the provisions of s.31 (ii) of the NDPS Act, which provides for

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