https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=169443 A later notification enlarging punishment by treating the whole mixture or solution as the relevant quantity could not be applied retrospectively, because it would impose a heavier penal consequence on pre-notification conduct. For pure opium, the decisive factor under the NDPS Act was the recovered substance itself, not the morphine percentage. The statutory entry specific to opium applied to the entire recovered contraband, while provisions concerning mixtures or derivatives were distinguished. On that basis, the morphine content was held irrelevant for liability and sentence, and the conviction and sentence were sustained. en-us Wed, 30 Mar 2011 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 29 Oct 2015 09:25:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=169443 A later notification enlarging punishment by treating the whole mixture or solution as the relevant quantity could not be applied retrospectively, because it would impose a heavier penal consequence on pre-notification conduct. For pure opium, the decisive factor under the NDPS Act was the recovered substance itself, not the morphine percentage. The statutory entry specific to opium applied to the entire recovered contraband, while provisions concerning mixtures or derivatives were distinguished. On that basis, the morphine content was held irrelevant for liability and sentence, and the conviction and sentence were sustained. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 30 Mar 2011 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=169443